Officials say a major pipeline in Kansas has been shut down after oil spilled into a creek. TC Energy estimated the spill’s size is about 14,000 barrels.» Su...
Even pipelines that work leak tons of oil daily, it's just spread out along their length. The amount of maintenance that would be required to maintain them to a standard that doesn't leech out into the environment at all is a lot more than the amount required to make them juuuust good enough.
even with proper maintenance, you simply cannot have a pipeline hundreds of miles long with a flow rate of hundreds of thousands of barrels per day without it leaking.
It's diminishing returns. You'd have to be inspecting every mile of pipeline every day and be ready to make repairs and replace pipe constantly. It would effectively render any pipeline inoperable. It's untenable under any circumstances to have zero leakage in pipelines. Everything leaks. This is one among many reasons why it's imperative to transition away from petrochemicals for fuel, at the least.
That's what I keep telling nuke 'enthusiasts' every time they play the thorium / molten fucking SALT card thinking they redesigned the titanic and this time it won't sink for sure!
But it has a negative temperature coefficient! Yeah what happens when someone doesn't get the chem just right or what happens eventually when radioactivity + metal + heat + corrision + crap-it-all-ism + neglect + unforseen natural disaster because climate change is making 1000+ year events the norm happens?
Oh well stop being negative! You're part of the WEF Green New Fascism deal aren't you! Just :what-the-hell:
I still don't get why so many oil pipelines fuck up like this, like isn't it in the oil companies interest to make shit that won't constantly burst?
Even pipelines that work leak tons of oil daily, it's just spread out along their length. The amount of maintenance that would be required to maintain them to a standard that doesn't leech out into the environment at all is a lot more than the amount required to make them juuuust good enough.
even with proper maintenance, you simply cannot have a pipeline hundreds of miles long with a flow rate of hundreds of thousands of barrels per day without it leaking.
then it's not proper maintenance
It's diminishing returns. You'd have to be inspecting every mile of pipeline every day and be ready to make repairs and replace pipe constantly. It would effectively render any pipeline inoperable. It's untenable under any circumstances to have zero leakage in pipelines. Everything leaks. This is one among many reasons why it's imperative to transition away from petrochemicals for fuel, at the least.
"The first thing they teach you at engineering school is that everything leaks, no matter what." - :rocz-yes:
That's what I keep telling nuke 'enthusiasts' every time they play the thorium / molten fucking SALT card thinking they redesigned the titanic and this time it won't sink for sure!
But it has a negative temperature coefficient! Yeah what happens when someone doesn't get the chem just right or what happens eventually when radioactivity + metal + heat + corrision + crap-it-all-ism + neglect + unforseen natural disaster because climate change is making 1000+ year events the norm happens?
Oh well stop being negative! You're part of the WEF Green New Fascism deal aren't you! Just :what-the-hell:
yeah but have you considered how hard it is to cut corners in a pipeline that keeps going on and on in a straight line
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