The Skinny On The Oil Spill

BP's "Top Kill" effort appears to have stopped more oil from pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.

We can only hope.

UPDATE: One week after BP's "Top Kill" failed to stop the gushing oil leak from deep below the Gulf of Mexico, BP is at it again with another idea.

But so much damage has already been done that Attorney General Eric Holder has opened a criminal inquiry into the matter.

The infographic below sheds some perspective on the magnitude of this major ecological disaster.

Please share this with anyone else who is also environmentally conscious. Thank you.

Sources:

Clean Water Education Partnership

Wikipedia: Superdome

Toyota Prius Specs

Huffington Post: Gulf Oil Spill Size

U.S. Energy Information Administration

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