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BP Deepwater: Likely 3rd Worst Spill in History

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On June 16, 2010 @ 10:00 am In Energy,Weekend | Comments Disabled

From Information is Beautiful [1], this handy graphic puts the BP Deepwater Horizon accident into some mathematical context:

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See also: In Deep Water: Can we afford to spill any oil? [3]


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[1] Information is Beautiful: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/in-deeper-water/

[2] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/in_deeper_water.png

[3] In Deep Water: Can we afford to spill any oil?: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/in-deep-water/

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