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icebaer69
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Sure, an estimated 5,000 barrels a day of oil Â*-- perhaps much more --
have been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon sank.
And yes, more than half a million gallons of chemical dispersant
have been dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.
Yet it's important to keep things in perspective,
BP CEO told Britain's Guardian newspaper last week.
The gulf "is a very big ocean," Tony Hayward said.
And "the amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it
is tiny in relation to the total water volume."
..."
(http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2010/05/bp_government_agencies_are_cre.html)
Sure, an estimated 5,000 barrels a day of oil Â*-- perhaps much more --
have been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon sank.
And yes, more than half a million gallons of chemical dispersant
have been dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.
Yet it's important to keep things in perspective,
BP CEO told Britain's Guardian newspaper last week.
The gulf "is a very big ocean," Tony Hayward said.
And "the amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it
is tiny in relation to the total water volume."
..."
(http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2010/05/bp_government_agencies_are_cre.html)