Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoYes I know it doesn't work like thatsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down15
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minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoI dunno, they stopped the borehole due to high temperatures. Drilling under the ocean would mean easy water cooling.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoMy opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoOrdinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive. Oh wait.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoHaven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWell obviously they just remove all the salt first.
minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-up5·1 month agoNo you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!
minus-squareRakonat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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!
We make the hole bigger and install pumps to pull water and debris out. Easy fix! /S