Deepwater Horizon oil spill

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Platapus

The leak is at 5,000 feet, not five miles.

It shows that they teach the metric system in English schools, doesn't it? I thought it was 1000ft to a mile

You make a good point Krashkart, it's a shame but it is true. It must be the fact that the fate of the Gulf coast is in the hands of BP which rankles many, but they have the resources and hopefully they'll have the ability to stop this.
All we can do is watch and wait.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by Oberon

It shows that they teach the metric system in English schools, doesn't it? I thought it was 1000ft to a mile

5,280 feet to a mile, so it's a little less than a mile, if the leak is under 5280 feet, that is

[tater]

Why are they drilling so deep, anyway? Isn't there tons of oil closer inshore where it is safer to drill, and easier to fix problems?

[CaptainHaplo]

Originally Posted by tater

Why are they drilling so deep, anyway? Isn't there tons of oil closer inshore where it is safer to drill, and easier to fix problems?

Tater - they have to dig way out to see because the environmentalists won't allow them to work "offshore" - where its alot shallower and easier to reach. Sure, the same thing could happen - but at 500 feet its alot easier to deal with than at 5000....

In many ways - environmentalists own a share of the blame here - but you will never see em accept it.