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There’s been like 2 dudes out there with an excavator for a week. Absolutely nothing about this has made any sense. Based on the amount of revenue lost due to t

There’s been like 2 dudes out there with an excavator for a week. Absolutely nothing about this has made any sense. Based on the amount of revenue lost due to this blockage you’d think every military on the earth would have descended there.

jacquesm 6y ago
That's just that first image. Meanwhile they've been going at it day and night with 6 long boom excavators at the same time.
- djxfade 6y ago
  At this point, I wonder if it economically would cost less to just destroy the vessel
  - tallanvor 6y ago
    And spread debris throughout the canal, causing more delays as they try to clean that up?
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - helloguillecl 6y ago
    I fail to understand why so many people are proposing this alternative as if blowing up tonnes of cargo in the water, surroundings and air would be fine from an environmental point of view.
    - Symbiote 6y ago
      The Hollywood effect. All crises, worldwide, are eventually solved by the American military blowing shit up.
      - helloguillecl 6y ago
        Also: No laws governing other countries.
    - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
      Or even just filling the canal with debris.
  - avianlyric 6y ago
    Kurzgesagt tweeted about this (specifically using a nuke to remove the vessel). It's surprising just how big a nuke you would need to remove such a large vessel. https://twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/1375607865721958403?s=20 https://twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/1375607865721958403?s...
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  - rectang 6y ago
    Because that worked so well for Florence, Oregon's exploding whale... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34
spyder 6y ago
It's not just 2 dude: https://youtu.be/xLh1676KRaE?t=20 https://youtu.be/xLh1676KRaE?t=20 another interesting view: https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/GXjmBPgKzxDcYYksztfQHjNhNls/diocontent/201413338/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9 https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/GXjmBPgKzxDcYYksztfQHjNhNl...

jacquesm 6y ago

That's just that first image. Meanwhile they've been going at it day and night with 6 long boom excavators at the same time.

djxfade 6y ago
At this point, I wonder if it economically would cost less to just destroy the vessel
- tallanvor 6y ago
  And spread debris throughout the canal, causing more delays as they try to clean that up?
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- helloguillecl 6y ago
  I fail to understand why so many people are proposing this alternative as if blowing up tonnes of cargo in the water, surroundings and air would be fine from an environmental point of view.
  - Symbiote 6y ago
    The Hollywood effect. All crises, worldwide, are eventually solved by the American military blowing shit up.
    - helloguillecl 6y ago
      Also: No laws governing other countries.
  - SketchySeaBeast 6y ago
    Or even just filling the canal with debris.
- avianlyric 6y ago
  Kurzgesagt tweeted about this (specifically using a nuke to remove the vessel). It's surprising just how big a nuke you would need to remove such a large vessel. https://twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/1375607865721958403?s=20 https://twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/1375607865721958403?s...
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- rectang 6y ago
  Because that worked so well for Florence, Oregon's exploding whale... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34

spyder 6y ago

It's not just 2 dude: https://youtu.be/xLh1676KRaE?t=20 https://youtu.be/xLh1676KRaE?t=20 another interesting view: https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/GXjmBPgKzxDcYYksztfQHjNhNls/diocontent/201413338/_fitwidth/1240?appId=93a17a8fd81db0de025c8abd1cca1279&quality=0.9 https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/GXjmBPgKzxDcYYksztfQHjNhNl...