Gulf oil

On the news this week there appeared an environmental expert regarding the Gulf Oil spill. In answer to the question as to where the oil went she responded that the entire Gulf was affected because the oil had spread throughout the Gulf. When I hear statements like that, my math antenna sticks up and I start calculating. The total amount of oil that escaped from the BP well was 200 million gallons and the amount of water in the Gulf is 643 quadrillion gallons. This comes out to be one-third part per trillion. As a way of comparison if you filled the New Orleans Super Dome with water it would take 1.2 billion gallons and if we added the equivalent amount of oil to match the Gulf spill we would add less than a quart. If what this lady says is true I am hard pressed to believe that the spill is affecting commerce in the Gulf States. I wonder if there is some financial incentive in the form of aid to business or grants for research.