Percentage by Sources

The thing I find most interesting about this graph is that tanker accidents make up a very small percentage of all the oil pollution. When we hear about oil pollution at sea, it is usually a sensationalized story about an oil spill in the middle of the ocean, with people going to try and save all the seals and penguins. What few people realize, is that there is a lot more pollution going on, but we never here about it. What is worse is that the industrial oil waste for oil is over ywenty times more than these oil spills.

I concur with the above. Also, does anyone happen to know if there are restrictions on industry about this? I for one had no idea industry wasted so much oil, and if most people don't know about this, then the restrictions are less likely to be effective.

I wonder what is meant, exactly, by "oil pollution", as Natalie and I are doing the same topic in fourth period, and the information about sources of oil spills seems inconsistent wiht what we have found. However, Walter's source says its information comes from the UN Environmental Program, and Natalie and I found our info through the EPA. I'm inclined to that think both sources are accurate, and that they simply define "oil pollution" in a different way.

This data is interesting, but what I would like to know is how much oil each percent constitutes, that would give a better idea of exactly how much "3.0%" really is, and show that we are really losing a lot of oil that we could use.