I know the estimates range is probably somewhere along the lines of how many people died in WW2, a huge difference between the best guess for low and best guess for high. I suppose I could take an average. But my main question is out of that oil that split out, say instead it was refined how much of it compares to the US daily usage? A day? A week? A month?
It’s not fission.
I do not understand your comment?
I think he is making fun of a misspelling in your thread title.
Here is an estimate range (1 barrel = 40 gallons).
“BP says 787,600 barrels have been collected by various containment systems, meaning the spill’s total size is somewhere between 2,047,400 barrels and 4,072,400 barrel”
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20100713222155186C792086
The upper end of that estimate is about 160,000,000 gallons or just a whole hell of a lot if you want shorthand. It is probably the biggest accidental spill ever in the world.
CNN has an interactive guide called ‘By the numbers’ that estimates the size of the BP spill. It does not show US daily consumption which is on the order of 20 million barrels per day.
According to those numbers, the total spill is nearly the same size as daily US production - but only 20-25% of the daily US consumption.