Hard Data...

[Jacob_Marley]

Well, to be fair, unless you've actually performed the experiment the OP intends to, you kind of are an armchair QB.

< Jacob re-enacts the missing-car-in-the-airport-parking-lot scene from Planes, Trains & Automobiles where Steve Martin loses it, stomps on his hat ... >

 

[Devo9]

< Jacob re-enacts the missing-car-in-the-airport-parking-lot scene from Planes, Trains & Automobiles where Steve Martin loses it, stomps on his hat ... >

Love it! Not everyone can pull off an adult temper tantrum like Steve Martin!

 

[geniz]

I kinda hate to ask, but did you get any results yet?????

 

[brazedowl]

hahaha Well I've been spending my two weeks of winter break trying to track down a glass carboy without buying one.

I may have to do a small scale version of a glass carboy with a 4L glass wine jug or something.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Per Raj Apte:

Tank Volume [L] O2 cc/L.year
Burgundy barrel 300 8.5
Rodenbach tank, wood, small 12,000 0.86
Rodenbach tank, wood, large 20,000 0.53
HDPE bucket 20 220
Homebrew barrel 40 23
Glass carboy, 30cm vinyl immersion tube 20 0.31
Glass carboy, silicone stopper 20 17
Glass carboy, wood stopper 20 0.10

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Some interesting info just published on the Better Bottle site about the oxygen permeability of various closures. Also a table on various materials at bottom of doc.
http://www.better-bottle.com/pdf/Closures_Oxygen_Passage_Study.pdf

 

[Devo9]

I'd lend you one of mine, but Google maps says it is a 1700 mile drive to your location. The gas money alone would buy you 3 or 4 glass carboys! lol