200,000 Gallons A Day

[IRescue452]

I've always wondered one thing? If we're sucking all this oil (and that from other companies) daily from the center of the earth, and its not being replaced, how are we changing the surface pressure of the earth by creating a giant air pocket underneath? Will the earth eventually cave in and become a giant sinkhole? Will we be able to empty a single cut-off oil pocket and then allow it to fill up with millions of gallons of water so as to replace the pressure in the pocket and to help with the problem of rising sea levels? What exactly is draining gazillions of gallons of oil from the center of the earth doing to us long-term?

[RICHARD]

I've always wondered one thing? If we're sucking all this oil (and that from other companies) daily from the center of the earth, and its not being replaced, how are we changing the surface pressure of the earth by creating a giant air pocket underneath? Will the earth eventually cave in and become a giant sinkhole? Will we be able to empty a single cut-off oil pocket and then allow it to fill up with millions of gallons of water so as to replace the pressure in the pocket and to help with the problem of rising sea levels? What exactly is draining gazillions of gallons of oil from the center of the earth doing to us long-term?

Some technques call for water to be pumped back into a well.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Some people want to nuke the well. Oh, great just what we need!! A bigger hole and the entire gulf radioactive!!!

[lizbud]

I've always wondered one thing? If we're sucking all this oil (and that from other companies) daily from the center of the earth, and its not being replaced, how are we changing the surface pressure of the earth by creating a giant air pocket underneath? Will the earth eventually cave in and become a giant sinkhole? Will we be able to empty a single cut-off oil pocket and then allow it to fill up with millions of gallons of water so as to replace the pressure in the pocket and to help with the problem of rising sea levels? What exactly is draining gazillions of gallons of oil from the center of the earth doing to us long-term?

I woud really like to hear an answer to your question. I have no idea what
would happen.

[Lady's Human]

Mass of the earth:5.9742 × 10^24 kilograms or 5974200000000000000000000 kg.

Mass of one barrel of oil:138.8 kg (avg) 276000000 Kg of oil have leaked so far, given an avg of 40K bbl/day


4.6198654213116400522245656322185 x10-17% (read, a really tiny, infinitesimal fraction) of the earth's mass is involved.

I wouldn't worry about it.

Not even close to the mass % you lose if you pop a zit.

[RICHARD]

Not even close to the mass % you lose if you pop a zit.

I had a cyst on my rear once........

[Lady's Human]

BTW, we're not pulling oil from the "center of the earth"

It's in the lithosphere, which is the top roughly 70 Km of the earth.

The Deepwater Horizon was drilling at a depth of 13 Km into the lithosphere.



The center of the earth would be another 6500 Km below that.

http://www.geologyrocks.co.uk/glossary/lithosphere

The Earth is BIG, guys.

[Louie and me]

I have been so horrified by the oil spill I can no longer watch the news reports especially the effect it is having on wild life.
Based on all the British bashing that has been going on, I did do some research and found some interesting information.
40% of BP is owned by Great Britain.
39% of BP is owned by America.
The remaining 21% is owned by other countries.
The rig is owned by Transocean, the failed blowout preventer was built by Cameron, the cement work was carried out by Haliburton (all US companies) and only 8 of the 126 people working on the Deepwater Horizon were BP employees.
So, can we stop the blame game including blaming your President Obama.
Clearly so far, nobody has any idea as to how to stop the spill and yet I would be shocked if, just like with Apollo 13, there aren't teams all over the world trying to come up with ideas and solutions to solve the problem. This is a terrible tragedy and we can only hope and pray that a solution will be found soon.
I only mentioned Apollo 13 because this was a dire situation and as a Canadian, I am proud to say a Canadian team significantly contributed to solutions to bring the crew home safely.

[blue]

I have been so horrified by the oil spill I can no longer watch the news reports especially the effect it is having on wild life.
Based on all the British bashing that has been going on, I did do some research and found some interesting information.
40% of BP is owned by Great Britain.
39% of BP is owned by America.
The remaining 21% is owned by other countries.
The rig is owned by Transocean, the failed blowout preventer was built by Cameron, the cement work was carried out by Haliburton (all US companies) and only 8 of the 126 people working on the Deepwater Horizon were BP employees.
So, can we stop the blame game including blaming your President Obama.
Clearly so far, nobody has any idea as to how to stop the spill and yet I would be shocked if, just like with Apollo 13, there aren't teams all over the world trying to come up with ideas and solutions to solve the problem. This is a terrible tragedy and we can only hope and pray that a solution will be found soon.
I only mentioned Apollo 13 because this was a dire situation and as a Canadian, I am proud to say a Canadian team significantly contributed to solutions to bring the crew home safely.

Thank you!

I know its popular, even with my own family, to put the blame on soley on BP. But the facts show that isnt the case. The blame needs to be spread all around, from the Big O, or Barry as I like to call him, to his underlings in the .GOV, to the USA companies, and lets not forget the hippies and enviro Nazis that caused BP to start looking so deep for oil in the first place when there are plenty of oil reserves on land or in shallow water.

For those that dont want to lay blame for where BP was drilling, ok. I give you the Big O, or AKA Barry. Why werent sand berms built to block the oil from making landfall days from the start of this? Why werent legal exceptions made so Dutch oil skimmers could be brought in to help aliviate this disaster? Why did the state govs affected by this oil leak have to act on their own to skim the oil only to be shut down by the Fed and .GOV?

Now why did the Big O, aka Barry, use this disaster to push Cap and tax? Why let a crisis go to waste, especially when he can make it bigger.

Now Im ashamed to say I did not know the Canadians helped bring the Apollo 13 crew home. And for their help, I give them my heartfelt thanks.

This is normally where I would do a white post but since so many get their undies in a twist over that.

Im still going to make fun of Cananada as much as possible.

[RICHARD]

BTW, we're not pulling oil from the "center of the earth"

It's in the lithosphere, which is the top roughly 70 Km of the earth.

The Deepwater Horizon was drilling at a depth of 13 Km into the lithosphere.



The center of the earth would be another 6500 Km below that.

The Earth is BIG, guys.

According to 'some people' the world has ended, so why worry?



I am kidding, the OS news makes me ill too.....but what can we do, as the public at large to seal the well?

IF all the buttwipes - people that wanted the rigs pushed father off shore are to blame, the gov't. for not putting in stricter guidlines-altho every company does cut corners-and the common folks who really do not pay attention to the world around them.

The baby gets tossed out with the bathwater.

And all of us saw him in the tub before he went out the window.