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The Physics of the BP Oil Spill

MSNBC has an excellent interactive chart that explains what will happen over next the decades to the 210,000,000 U.S. gallons of oil that British Petroleum (BP) spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during 2010.

 

Physics of BP oil spill

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedInFacebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

BP Oil Spill Where You Live

BP Oil Spill Where You Live If it Was My Home make it easy to understand the impact of the disastrous 2010 British Petroleum (BP) oil spill that dumped 210,000,000 U.S. gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Enter your location, and the site will overly the oil spill on top of a Google Map.

BP oil spill in MichiganThanks to the folks at Flowing Data for digging this one up.

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedInFacebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.

1999 British Petroleum Ad

1999 British Petroleum Ad

Thanks to Professor Steve Hsu at the University of Oregon for finding the ad ….

… and no thanks to British Petroleum for this

A young heron sits dying amidst oil on an island impacted by oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Photo: Boston Globe

 

Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedInFacebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.