60 billion barrels off the coast of Louisiana?! 4

Um, this is a hoax, right?

(via Sustainablog)

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. yankee Posted 12:01 am
    08 May 2006

    Yes, a hoaxI'm not sure when Jeff posted his update (maybe you didn't see it), but The Oil Drum reported on May 1 that this story is indeed a hoax.

    yankee (http://www.theoildrum.com)

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  2. dreadsword Posted 12:13 am
    08 May 2006

    How long before......it gets spuriously included as "news" in some policy wonk's speech??

    http://www.sustainabilityzone.com

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    David Roberts Posted 1:03 am
    08 May 2006

    I fall behind for one week!And look what happens.

    www.grist.org

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  4. amazingdrx Posted 7:26 am
    08 May 2006

    Well the energy IS there20 gallons of gas per barrel of oil (after refining) x 7.5 kwh per gallon of gas equivalent (in electric cars) x 60 billion barrels =  9 trillion kwh.
    The output of 400 50 mw wind/wave combination energy generating floating installations in the gulf would about cover that, over 50 years.  About the time frame that oil would be produced and used within.
    At 2 cents per kwh or less.  
    How many oil rigs would it take to do that?  How much CO 2 emitted?  How many oil spills?

    http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

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