Oil leak is 5 times greater than reported by officialsFrom staff reports • May 10, 2010
The amount of oil gushing from BP's Deepwater Horizon oil disaster is five times more than what the oil company and the U.S. Coast Guard are currently estimating, said a Florida State University oceanography professor on Saturday.
At an oil spill environmental forum at the Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front, Ian MacDonald said the blowout is gushing 25,000 barrels a day.
The Coast Guard and BP estimate 5,000 barrels a day of crude is spewing into the Gulf.
MacDonald said his estimate is based on satellite images and government maps forecasting the slick's trajectory.
MacDonald also told a crowd of about 100 gathered for the discussion that he's been frustrated by the lack of data from federal responders and BP since the April 20 explosion and subsequent spill.
unhappycamper comment: Too bad no one ever heard of 'solar' or 'wind' or geothermal power. Oh, I forgot!
BP does alternatives:
http://www.bp.com/modularhome.do?categoryId=7040&contentId=7051376
And they do carbon capture and storage!