AP 'OilSpillMeter' Offers Real-Time Quantification of Oil Spill
Fans of the National Debt Clock and similarly themed tickers of impending doom now have a new chronicler of numeric pessimism at their disposal. Witness the Associated Press’ Oil Spill Meter.
The animated online accountant updates with alarming rapidity (in other words, “in real time”) the estimated number of gallons that have been released into the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
The counter also puts the oil spill into perspective for thirsty readers and swimming enthusiasts alike by quantifying the spill in terms of 12-oz.
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