Friday, February 26, 2016

Misunderestimating the Odds; Drill, Baby, Drill Edition

From a Carl Hiaasen column, dated Dec. 7, 1987:
The U.S. government just released a hefty environmental impact study containing this reassuring, computer-generated conclusion: If oil exploration commences up and down the Gulf of Mexico, there’s merely a 48 percent chance that a major spill will smear the beaches within 35 years.
Didn't take nearly that long.

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