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To: Jonty30

I think your math is too optimistic.

14,000 barrels would be a square of 118 barrels by 118 barrels.

A 42 gallon barrel is more than one foot in diameter, and at least 3 feet high.

That would be at least a quarter acre - and three feet deep.


23 posted on 12/09/2022 4:11:24 AM PST by zeestephen (43,000)
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To: zeestephen

According to the conversion calculator that I clicked on, 14,000 barrels is 1669366.594 litres. That’s 1669.366594 cubic metre.

I do see my error now.

1669.366594 cubic metres is 58953.13 cubic feet.
Assuming a 4” puddle, that leaves a sq footage of 176859.4 sqft.

That’s about 420ft by 420 feet.

About 36 times larger than my original estimate. It’s still hardly a disaster, imo. It still can be cleaned up almost as fast.


24 posted on 12/09/2022 4:22:07 AM PST by Jonty30 (You can't spell liberal without the a-hole. )
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