Newswise — Buffalo, Las Vegas, Pasadena, Hartford, or Topeka -- all of the 100,000-120,000 cars in any one of these cities could have been fueled for a year by the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill as of June 17, day 59 of the catastrophe. See the full list of U.S. cities and counties on Prof. James J. Corbett's website (http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/jun/corbett061710.html) at the University of Delaware.
The UD website calculates daily the number and kinds of transportation vehicles the spilled oil could have supplied. It also now includes a map showing the different cities and counties whose cars could have been fueled for a year.
If all the spilled oil so far had been used for fuel, it could have powered 115,000 cars and 8,800 trucks for a year, according to Corbett. The latest calculations are based on the average estimated spill rate of 50,000 barrels of oil per day, announced by scientists on June 15. Visitors to the website can select from a range of reported spill rates.
The website also provides information on how to reduce risks of future oil spills.
Corbett, a professor of marine policy in UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, works on energy and environmental solutions for transportation.
For the original story posted on day 40 of the spill, see the UDaily webpage (http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/jun/corbett060910.html). It includes a link to a YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48jS2kZvsEw) of Corbett.
U.S. Cities/Counties with 100,000-120,000 cars
Alameda County, CaliforniaCoral Springs, FloridaBuffalo, New YorkPaulding County, GeorgiaHampden County, MassachusettsJackson County, MichiganAnderson County, South CarolinaTrumbull County, OhioJoliet, IllinoisOrange, CaliforniaEscondido, CaliforniaTopeka, KansasHillsborough County, New HampshireNew Haven, ConnecticutTulare County, CaliforniaHartford, ConnecticutCitrus County, FloridaTempe, ArizonaBellevue, WashingtonWashington County, PennsylvaniaTorrance, CaliforniaEvansville, IndianaSan Joaquin County, CaliforniaJefferson County, AlabamaLuzerne County, PennsylvaniaSterling Heights, MichiganHayward, CaliforniaBergen County, New JerseyCharlotte County, FloridaEl Dorado County, CaliforniaPasadena, CaliforniaPalmdale, CaliforniaSanta Rosa County, FloridaSalinas, CaliforniaReno, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaLancaster, CaliforniaErie County, PennsylvaniaSalem, OregonSonoma County, CaliforniaSaginaw County, MichiganPaterson City, New JerseyBillings, MontanaSavannah, GeorgiaWarren, MichiganBrownsville, TexasCorona, CaliforniaMonroe County, PennsylvaniaDavenport City, IowaTravis County, TexasRockford City, IllinoisHollywood city, FloridaButler County, PennsylvaniaBridgeport city, ConnecticutHall County, GeorgiaMahoning County, OhioPomona City, CaliforniaJackson City, MississippiThurston County, Washington
Original article posted to UDaily at http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/jun/corbett061710.html
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