Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Massive Peru oil spill twice as big as first reported | DW News" video.

Small spill, less than what's in Olympic size pool, and far less than what seeps naturally into my ocean in California everyday.
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@alastairbrewster4274 In addition: "Natural oil seepage in the Santa Barbara Channel was first recorded by Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo on Oct. 16, 1542. He even used the tar from the seepage, known as asphaltum, to waterproof two of his ships, just as the native Chumash Indians did with their canoes. English explorer, George Vancouver, in his exploration of the Pacific Coast in 1792 while looking for the Northwest Passage, noted in his log book that the Santa Barbara Channel was covered in all directions with an oily surface so thick that the entire sea took on an iridescent hue."
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"Disaster", it's less than what goes into an Olympic size pool.
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not over this small spill, less than in an Olympic size pool.
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Amount is less than what's in an Olympic size pool, why the overreaction. In my ocean in California more natural oil seeps every day than this small spill?
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Not "massive" 12,000 barrels is less than what's in an Olympic size pool. Reminds of same reports at my beach in Huntington Beach California, exaggerated for weeks beyond any reality.
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@zefarmer Takes 660,000 gallons for one Olympic size pool, imagine how small that is in the ocean. 42 million gallons naturally seep into the ocean around North American each year. This was not a "massive" spill.
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@raybutts2617 No, an oil drum is 42 gallons, only 159 litters. I've done a lot of research on this issue when we had our spill in Huntington Beach, CA. I've done the math, so can you.
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@raybutts2617 I already live in an "oil field", which has been here since before people arrived, Mammoths and Saber Tooth Cats fell into them, you can visit, The La Brea Tar Pits. It's some of the most expensive real estate on the planet, partly because of the oil, but the great weather, too.
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