A few facts concerning the Deepwater Horizon spill:
- The rate of the oil spill as of early last week was between 30,000 and 50,000 barrels (1.2 million to 2.1 million gallons) per day, and possibly higher.
- Fifty-three days after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 workers, somewhere between 63 million and 107 million gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, according to the latest estimates.
- Between every five and nine days the spill equals the Exxon Valdez, which dumped about 11 million gallons into Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989.
- If those 63 million gallons of oil were put in gallon milk jugs, they would line up side by side for nearly 5,500 miles.
- It appears the spill will continue at least until mid-August.
- The BP spill by then will have easily eclipsed the worst oil spill on record.
This is why capitalism, especially as it is current practiced, is unsustainable.
