Dear Gene,
You might be interested in this article in our local newspaper, 'The
Age': http://www.theage.com.au/world/experts-at-loggerheads-over-oil-leak-rate-20100608-xtlj.html
Since each of the sources has their own 'down-dumber' I don't suppose
we can have any confidence whether the original data (kilograms,
litres, cubic metres, metres per minute, metres per hour, gallons UK,
gallons USA, feet per minute, etc, ) is being reported reliable given
the possibility of multiple conversion errors.
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On 2010/06/10, at 05:20 , <[email protected]>
<[email protected]> wrote:
I *heard* on a news network that the Technical Team assigned to
measure the flow rate of crude oil and gas leaking from the floor of
the Gulf of Mexico is measuring depth in meters, *independent* of BP
statements.
What unit of flow rate is being used by the Team? I would like to
hear the rate in kg/s for each major hydrocarbon component of the
liquid and gas leakage.
Neither "barrels per day" nor "gallons per day" is acceptable.
Gene Mechtly.
