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Wouldn't it be safer to just blow the whole thing up? Burn off the oil?

• deelowe 5y ago
  Not all of it will float or float immediately or hold together well enough to burn effectively. This has been proposed for previous disasters.
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  • zokier 5y ago
    Purely theoretical question, would a tactical nuke (e.g. W80 at 150kt) obliterate the ship thoroughly and quickly enough to avoid spreading the oil around?
• jhgb 5y ago
  You mean dump a shipload of liquid oxygen in it and watch the oxyliquit fireworks?
• newsclues 5y ago
  Nuking it would work. I’m sure there are other reason not to do that.