Beyond the immediate loss of human life, as many as 42,000 gallons of crude oil daily (1,000 barrels) are spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, and it could be months before the BP or Deepwater Horizon is able to turn off the spigot. The oil slick is bigger than the size of Rhode Island. As many as 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel also went down with the rig (enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pools, and then some). The damage to the environment from the spill, originating just 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, could be severe.

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