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In a similar vein there’s a story and YouTube video of Russians plugging an out of control burning oil well with a small nuke. Edit. It was a gas well here’s t
by bori5 7y ago
In a similar vein there’s a story and YouTube video of Russians plugging an out of control burning oil well with a small nuke.
Edit. It was a gas well here’s the link https://youtu.be/S57Xq03njsc https://youtu.be/S57Xq03njsc
- bori5 7y agoRIP Freeman Dyson. Apologies for drifting from main thread, fell for the oldest trick in the HN book.
- imglorp 7y agoSuccessfully. I wonder if that trick will ever be needed again in the future. It sounds like they had a special situation with a thick layer of permeable rock on the surface preventing them from capping it.