Day 57: Oil from Spill Could Have Powered 68,000 Cars for Year; See UD Web Site for Daily Updates
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 10:50
in Mathematics & Economics
By day 57 (June 15), if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 68,000 cars, and 6,100 trucks, and 3,100 ships for a full year, according to University of Delaware Prof. James J. Corbett, who updates the numbers daily on his website (http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/getinvolved/oilSpill.aspx).