Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoYes I know it doesn't work like thatsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down15
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minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoI dunno, they stopped the borehole due to high temperatures. Drilling under the ocean would mean easy water cooling.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoMy opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoOrdinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive. Oh wait.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoHaven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWell obviously they just remove all the salt first.
minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoif a soup is too salty you add some potatoes to absorb some of the salt, so i bet they do the same with oil, just more
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoNo you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!
minus-squarerooroo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoBoil em, mash em, throw em in the sea.
minus-squareRakonat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWe make the hole bigger and install pumps to pull water and debris out. Easy fix! /S
I dunno, they stopped the borehole due to high temperatures. Drilling under the ocean would mean easy water cooling.
My opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
Ordinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive.
Oh wait.
Haven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
Well obviously they just remove all the salt first.
if a soup is too salty you add some potatoes to absorb some of the salt, so i bet they do the same with oil, just more
So just more potatoes?
No you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!
Boil em, mash em, throw em in the sea.
We make the hole bigger and install pumps to pull water and debris out. Easy fix! /S