BP by the Numbers
Although reports differ, one estimate I read today said that 181 litres of oil had spilled since the BP spill (gush?) happened on April 20.
- Litre-to-gallon conversion is 0.264172051:1
- About 40% of crude oil is converted to gasoline
- So we’ve wasted about 19,126,056 gallons of gasoline*
- It’s 5000 miles from Fairbanks, AK to Miami, FL
- Assuming a conservative average of 20 miles per gallon, a fleet of 38,250 cars could make the round trip from Fairbanks to Miami.
- This is more than the population of Fairbanks. We could have sent them all on a spectacular vacation (in separate cars).
- Sent in Priuses, think of the side trips.
- What else could we have done with this resource?
*Not to ignore or discount the myriad other real costs in lives (11 at the explosion) or natural resources.
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