The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits • Hacker News Board

Re: The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits

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Post by borism » Wed, Jun 16, 2010, 11:34 PM UTC

tbeseda wrote: post #16

tcskeptic wrote: post #13

All this comparison did for me was emphasize how TINY the amount of oil is that has been spilled vs. overall US consumption. Googling around indicates that US oil consumption is on the order of 20MM BBL/Day, so the 60K BBL/Day spewing into the gulf is about .3% of oil used per day. Shocking to think about.

With the oil spilled in the Gulf, the US could be powered for approximately 4 minutes.

but how much oil will be needed to collect the oil that was spilled in the Gulf?

Re: The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits

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Post by borism » Wed, Jun 16, 2010, 11:36 PM UTC

scottcase1998 wrote: post #2

Don't forget, you're not off the hook if your home is heated with natural gas or electricity. This post makes the great point that energy is energy... No matter what it's made from (at least among the fossil fuels). The less coal and gas we use, the lower the demand for oil there will be.

I think you wanted to say "the more coal, and, preferably gas, nuclear, solar, wind and geothermal we use, the lower the demand for oil there will be"?

Re: The Gulf Oil Spill vs. Home Energy Retrofits

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Post by diegopanama » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 2:24 AM UTC

very timely! the one positive that can come out of this mess is awareness of what we can improve and how bad the direction we are headed is. hopefully we'll take the hint before it's too late...