Originally Posted by kellory
Originally Posted by Klikitarik
[Linked Image]


......out of 17+ billion barrels since 1977.


Just for the purposes of comparison, The Exxon Valdez only spilled about 257,000 gallons (approximately the volume of 7 Olympic sized swimming pools.) Not the largest spill, by a long shot, but the location of the spill is what caused the majority of the resulting problems.
Afterwards, no one would let them dock, so it was renamed, and docked with no problem. After changing ownership and names several times, it was finally broken up for scrap in India. (Iirc)


Exxon Valdez was commonly estimated as having spilled 11 million gallons. 251,712 barrels comes out to be 10,571,904 gallons. Some estimates were much higher.

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.