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Originally Posted by Riot
Tar balls found on Key West beaches today.
Underwater oil plume estimated to be 10 miles long, 3 miles wide. Oil over one of five major deep coral reefs. Dead porpoises wash up on shore.
BP proud that they've inserted a 4-inch draft into a 20-inch pipe, collecting about a fifth of what is continuing to spill daily.
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bad math riot. you can fit five 4" pipes down just one axis of a 20" pipe. that's assuming 20" is the interior dimension of the larger pipe and 4" the exterior dimension of the smaller. which isn't the case. but pretending it is, you still have a lot of 20" pipe left after you do that.
4" pipe area is the radius (2') x 3.14 squared= 39.4 square inches
20" pipe area is the radius (10") x 3.14 squared = 986 square inches
that's about 4%, not 20%.