BP Gulf Oil Disaster: "Live Video Feeds, By the Numbers"

Gulf of Mexico Live Feeds:

"The camera feeds are from the remote operated vehicles (ROV) working on the sea floor. (The feeds use Windows Media Player). The feeds may take a moment to load and go on and off. If all the screens are black, BP may be resetting. We'll keep the panel up as long as they indicate the links are available. Live feed of all eleven cameras on the ocean floor:

- http://climate.the-environmentalist.org/2010/06/live-video-feeds-of-gulf-oil-disaster.html

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From the Huffington Post:
A 378 picture slide show and two BP oil spill live feeds are shown:
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/26/bp-oil-spill-live-feed-vi_n_590635.html

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CNN: No embedding, please click link for live feed: http://live.cnn.com/

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By the Numbers, 7/4/10:

BP is lying through their teeth about how much oil has been vented, as well as about cleanup efforts and the amount of dispersant they've used. They, and the Federal government, cannot be relied upon as an accurate source of truth. Matt Simmons, a 30-year oil industry expert advises, after examining the video of the rupture, that the volume of oil escaping was approximately 120,000 barrels per day. Each barrel contains 42 gallons of oil. The rupture has been flowing for 76 days now. Let's do the math:

76 days X 120,000 barrels per day= 9,120,000 barrels, or 383,040,000 gallons to date.
At this rate, Matt Simmons has estimated it could flow for "30 years" before the reservoir is exhausted.

Under existing Federal environmental law BP faces a $4,300 fine per barrel discharged:
9,120,000 barrels X $4,300 = $39,216,000,000 in fines, to date.

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