• I’d really just calculated it the way decryptor did but the article also said only 7 of the barrels actually tested positive.

    I figured most things have a density not all that far from water. This isn’t lead or tungsten or helium we’re talking about. Also the their .001% value is probably also just ballpark.

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      You know, I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of that same rule of thumb, and it hasn’t steered me wrong yet. It feels like it shouldn’t work, when it comes up people are always skeptical of it, but the results are hard to argue with.