I belive the original post was about underground OIL tanks and not gas
tanks.

Still interesting figures....



"Michael Daly" wrote in message
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On 15-Aug-2004, "Red Neckerson" wrote:

You are so full of ****!

Show me some figures that back up your bull****.

What a wonderful, polite person you are! Since you
are so articulate, I'll just guess at what it is you want
me to back up.

As far as the two thousand tank number, that data is my client's
and isn't published.

As far as leakage in general goes, here's one site you can
start with.:
http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r229.html

And another:
http://www.foe.org/new/releases/1102crude.html

The latter specifies:
LEAKING GAS STATIONS Waste/loss: 5.2 million barrels per year
At 42 gal/bbl, that's 218 million gal/year. The Valdez held
11 million gal. That works out to 20 Valdezes a year or one
every two weeks. You're right and I'm wrong - it wasn't one a
month; it's twice that.

If you want more, try google. It beats sticking your feet in
your mouth, asshole.

Mike