Matters of scale: trouble in the pipeline.

• Position: Environmental and social aspects of petroleum industry

MATTERS OF SCALE Trouble in the Pipeline Area of Israel 2 MILLION HECTARES Area of reindeer pasture in Russia destroyed by oil pollutants and fires in recent years 22 MILLION HECTARES Amount of oil spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster 257,000 BARRELS Amount of oil spilled into the Niger River Delta between 1986 and 1996, according to a CIA study 2,500,000 BARRELS Amount the Texaco CEO was paid in 1995 $1,800,000 Amount the average worker at a Texaco oil well in Ecuador was paid that year $1,800 Amount of oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in days of net imports 53 DAYS Amount of food reserve in most U.S. cities 2 DAYS Number of countries reported in World Rainforest Bulletin (16 articles) in which significant deforestation was caused by fire in recent years 9 Number of countries reported in World Rainforest Bulletin (80 articles) in which significant deforestation was caused by oil and gas exploitation 17 Length of an oil pipeline in Colombia that has been bombed by guerrillas more than a thousand times since 1986...