How Much of the Gulf is Leased?

[Donnachaidh]

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/06/bp-gulf-oil-lease-map?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Motherjones%2Fmojoblog+%28MotherJones.com+|+MoJoBlog%29&utm_content=Twitter



A BoingBoing commenter on my last post "Who Really Owns the Gulf of Mexico," pointed out that there are plenty of non-leased cells in the map highlighted in that piece, and suggested that people check out the map below. This is just a detail; you can download the larger version here. But I think it just further underscores the notion of a corporate feeding frenzy around our Gulf resources. The leased areas are denoted in green. There are 6,652 of them, covering 35,637,392 acres--more than 22 percent of the leaseable Gulf.

see chart at link --

[foxfeet]

1. I have no idea, but I'm bettin' most of it is fucked.