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Gallons? Litres? Tons? Barrels? When in an argument the dishonest participants will seek to make the opposition look less competent, less well informed or educated. They will use unfamiliar terms and concepts. The so called spin doctors will either give information in as confusing a manner as possible. Many will be deterred from protesting because they do not want to look foolish, this is the stock in trade of polluters and their spin doctors. The reporting of oil industry spills is often confusing to the general public. One cannot help wondering if it is deliberately so. Reports one day come in barrels, the next in tonnes, the following day in litres, and next week in gallons. The oil barons like it that way, the more confused the public the better, it is harder to argue back. Don’t be confused – Read this. THEN YOU CAN FIGHT BACK. Originally in the 19th century USA oil was transported in barrels usually to carry whiskey, beer and fish. They were generally made of wood and other materials and had a capacity from 40 to 46 gallons. Eventually 42 gallon metal barrels were widely acceptable in the industry. In Britain they use the cubic metre instead of barrels. The cubic meter is about 6.29 barrels of 42 USA gallons. The metric ton or tonne of crude oil is also widely used, with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, or 7.33 barrels, or 1165 liters. This calculation uses a median value of 0.858 for the specific gravity of light crude oil; actual values can range from0.816 to 0.893.. They are also estimates, because the actual volume of an oil spill is difficult to measure exactly. Americans give production statistics as Barrels Per Day(bpd) a rough easy conversion is that 1bpd = about 50 tonnes per year. To give a rough idea with diesel fuel 1metric tonne = 1159 litres = 306.1 us gallons = 7.29 us barrels. NOW YOU CAN FIGHT BACK.
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