Here's an easy way to 'test' the evidence in the oil gusher video against the claims about

[ConsAreLiars]

the amount gushing out. The video, if you haven't seen it, is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/bp-oil-spill-underwater-v_n_574456.html

A standard oil barrel is a bit under two feet in diameter and 3 feet high.

the pipe opening is 21 inches in diameter. The barrel 22,5 inches.

So how long would the oil being expelled at the rate you see take to move 3 feet into the imaginary barrel you hold over the opening?

The 5000 barrel per day claims that the over the 1440 minute day, each barrel would take about 17.28 seconds to fill.

Does it look to you like the rate of flow is so gradual that it would take that long to fill a 33.5 inch tall barrel?

From: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-measure-20100514,0,1541851.story -- "A mechanical engineering professor who studied the video of the leak estimates the flow to be 70,000 barrels a day — 14 times higher than BP's estimate. "

Which version a the rate at which oil is moving out of that pipe more closely corresponds to the video you see?

[Scuba]

1. If 10 claims were made, I'd believe BP only if the other 9 were....

...OK, I just can't believe these greedy devils.

[amborin]

2. K&R