Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoYes I know it doesn't work like thatsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down15
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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoMy opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoHaven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoWell obviously they just remove all the salt first.
minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 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-up5·3 days agoNo you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 days agoOrdinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive. Oh wait.
My opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
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!
Ordinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive.
Oh wait.