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How's offshore drilling working out for conservatives now?
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Old School Wrote:So we can compare previous spills with the current BP spill. A deliberate spill by Iraqi forces 1991-2002 spilled 500 million gallons of oil. Average yearly spills, rigs and tankers, global, every year, 250 million gallons of oil spilled. In 1979, the Ixtoc 1 rig in the Gulf of Mexico spilled about 140 million gallons. Then the Amoco Cadiz, which is a ship, the English Channel, about 60 million. Torrey Canyon, south England, a ship, about 30 million. The Exxon Valdez was 11 million. And so far we're at about 25 or 30 million gallons;


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How's offshore drilling working out for conservatives now? - by TheRealVille - 06-11-2010, 06:52 PM

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