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Off shore drilling rigs aren’t anchored to he floor, but the pipe could literally snap if the rig floats away. They are kept in place solely by GPS and thrust

Off shore drilling rigs aren’t anchored to he floor, but the pipe could literally snap if the rig floats away. They are kept in place solely by GPS and thrust vectoring. The Ruskies are going to use the same technology here, known for decades, and probably safer than oil rigs since there nothing to snap and a small volume to protect if the whole thing sinks.

wrong_variable 8y ago
- Your account was created 8 minutes ago - defending some press release coming out of Russia. How is the weather today in Moscow ?
- dang 8y ago
  This breaks the HN guidelines by being (1) a personal attack, (2) nationalistic flamewar, and (3) insinuation of astroturfing without evidence. We ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- fghhfgg 8y ago
  Wouldn’t know. Typing from a desk in a USA govt. lab. waiting for an experiment to finish :S I lurk and create accounts to comment on single articles I like. Mea Culpa. Don’t like the floating reactor? Fine, give me good reasons. Like: how do they deal with a core meltdown that melts through ship? Where’s the waste going to go? Why have nuclear at all? Why not a floating fossil fuel plant? How does it deal with freak waves? [edit] The Russians a have a terrible safety record at sea (not that bad on land) The unforeseen happens. What then? Instead some mumbling about tsunamis from someone who clearly knows little about tsunamis. That being said, your logic is scary: “New account. Defends Russia [btw, I don’t think I defended Russia]. Quick, call the guards!” You remind me of the anti-gay protestors at grad school whose logic was impenetrable (indeed flawless; it was an axiomatic issue) We’re f-ed
seabrookmx 8y ago
> nothing to snap There's still an electrical cable, but I would assume it's more durable than an underwater oil pipeline.
- fghhfgg 8y ago
  True, but consider: When an electrical cable snaps little happens, a breaker trips and maybe a fish got fried (but not many). When a pipeline snaps you get deep water horizon.

wrong_variable 8y ago

- Your account was created 8 minutes ago - defending some press release coming out of Russia. How is the weather today in Moscow ?

dang 8y ago
This breaks the HN guidelines by being (1) a personal attack, (2) nationalistic flamewar, and (3) insinuation of astroturfing without evidence. We ban accounts that post like this, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
fghhfgg 8y ago
Wouldn’t know. Typing from a desk in a USA govt. lab. waiting for an experiment to finish :S I lurk and create accounts to comment on single articles I like. Mea Culpa. Don’t like the floating reactor? Fine, give me good reasons. Like: how do they deal with a core meltdown that melts through ship? Where’s the waste going to go? Why have nuclear at all? Why not a floating fossil fuel plant? How does it deal with freak waves? [edit] The Russians a have a terrible safety record at sea (not that bad on land) The unforeseen happens. What then? Instead some mumbling about tsunamis from someone who clearly knows little about tsunamis. That being said, your logic is scary: “New account. Defends Russia [btw, I don’t think I defended Russia]. Quick, call the guards!” You remind me of the anti-gay protestors at grad school whose logic was impenetrable (indeed flawless; it was an axiomatic issue) We’re f-ed

seabrookmx 8y ago

> nothing to snap There's still an electrical cable, but I would assume it's more durable than an underwater oil pipeline.

fghhfgg 8y ago
True, but consider: When an electrical cable snaps little happens, a breaker trips and maybe a fish got fried (but not many). When a pipeline snaps you get deep water horizon.