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"A mile underground" and "cheap" don't seem to go together.
by honestjohn 2y ago
"A mile underground" and "cheap" don't seem to go together.
- hinkley 2y agoHas everyone forgotten when we had an oil well leaking .8 miles underwater and we couldn’t do shit to stop it?
- honestjohn 2y agoAre you talking about me or the article?
- hinkley 2y agoThe article. Working a mile down is at the limits of our capabilities. In an emergency situation it’s nearly unobtanium. Like Kernighan’s Law for engineering.
- honestjohn 2y agoYeah, it seems nuts. Nuclear submarines have proven our ability to operate a small reactor a km underwater, but under land is much harder.
- hinkley 2y agoBut at 1 atm. If the pressure vessel fails they autoscram the reactor don’t they? I mean assuming they didn’t get hit with a torpedo.