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You can actually see it on Google Earth if you put in the coordinates for the city of Alang in the Gulf of Khambhat: 21°23'37"N 72°10'40"E It's an enormou

You can actually see it on Google Earth if you put in the coordinates for the city of Alang in the Gulf of Khambhat: 21°23'37"N 72°10'40"E It's an enormous operation, and there is a large trauma medical center nearby. Also, the Gulf of Khambhat is a remarkably disgusting shade of brown. https://goo.gl/maps/Tk2sqMP6aHFVME1BA https://goo.gl/maps/Tk2sqMP6aHFVME1BA (warning: Maps is not as good as Google Earth view, especially on mobile) > even the asbestos will be resold This is a surprise. Who's in the market for some second hand asbestos?

lippihom 4y ago
Interesting - you can actually go inside one of the ships with Google Street View: https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3919514,72.1752099,3a,75y,124.11h,84.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipNV7HH7lMwcnQ50KxMbM9FbjInoE25pLmP_E1ni!2e10!3e12!7i6080!8i3040 https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3919514,72.1752099,3a,75y,12...
- metadat 4y ago
  Holy cow, that's surprising. Does street view take user submissions or how is this possible?
hummus_bae 4y ago
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literalAardvark 4y ago
They're probably putting it in climbing chalk or something.
- 83 4y ago
  Theyre still allowed to put it in brake pads in the US.
  - literalAardvark 4y ago
    Wow, that's been banned for two decades here...
  - rascul 4y ago
    From what I understand, auto manufacturers are not using asbestos anymore but the cheap Chinese replacement brake pads might.
greenmana 4y ago
From what it looks like that's some ten kilometers or 6,2 miles of scrapping beach, crazy.
nerdponx 4y ago
I did the same as you and looked it up on Google Maps. I was surprised however that I couldn't find the same in Chittagong. I see a huge array of ships lined up offshore, but I didn't see the same obvious shipbreaking beaches that I saw in Alang. Where should I be looking for those?
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  This looks like some: 22.4378877,91.7304332
  - caseyohara 4y ago
    Does anyone know what these enormous spheres are here at the coordinates above? https://goo.gl/maps/EFTHmARb1MSks94q7 https://goo.gl/maps/EFTHmARb1MSks94q7
    - rootusrootus 4y ago
      My guess would be LNG tanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_carrier
      - nerdponx 4y ago
        > First, the tank must be 'inerted' to eliminate the risk of explosion. An inert gas plant burns diesel in air to produce a mixture of gases (typically less than 5% O2 and about 13% CO2 plus N2). This is blown into the tanks until the oxygen level is below 4%. > Next, the vessel goes into port to "gas-up" and "cool-down", as one still cannot load directly into the tank: The CO2 will freeze and damage the pumps and the cold shock could damage the tank's pump column. > LNG is brought onto the vessel and taken along the spray line to the main vaporiser, which boils off the liquid into gas. This is then warmed up to roughly 20 °C (68 °F) in the gas heaters and then blown into the tanks to displace the "inert gas". This continues until all the CO2 is removed from the tanks. Initially, the IG (inert gas) is vented to atmosphere. Once the hydrocarbon content reaches 5% (lower flammability range of methane) the inert gas is redirected to shore via a pipeline and manifold connection by the HD (high duty) compressors. The shore terminal then burns this vapour to avoid the dangers of having large amounts of hydrocarbons present which may explode. > Now the vessel is gassed up and warm. The tanks are still at ambient temperature and are full of methane. > The next stage is cool-down. LNG is sprayed into the tanks via spray heads, which vaporises and starts to cool the tank. The excess gas is again blown ashore to be re-liquified or burned at a flare stack. Once the tanks reach about −140 °C (−220 °F) the tanks are ready to bulk load. Wow, that's a whole lot of burning of hydrocarbons just to get the LNG into the tanker. How much does this overall add to the lifecycle carbon emissions of natural gas for electricity?
jahewson 4y ago
Asbestos is still used to make chlorine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloralkali_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloralkali_process

lippihom 4y ago

Interesting - you can actually go inside one of the ships with Google Street View: https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3919514,72.1752099,3a,75y,124.11h,84.57t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipNV7HH7lMwcnQ50KxMbM9FbjInoE25pLmP_E1ni!2e10!3e12!7i6080!8i3040 https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3919514,72.1752099,3a,75y,12...

metadat 4y ago
Holy cow, that's surprising. Does street view take user submissions or how is this possible?

hummus_bae 4y ago

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literalAardvark 4y ago

They're probably putting it in climbing chalk or something.

83 4y ago
Theyre still allowed to put it in brake pads in the US.
- literalAardvark 4y ago
  Wow, that's been banned for two decades here...
- rascul 4y ago
  From what I understand, auto manufacturers are not using asbestos anymore but the cheap Chinese replacement brake pads might.

greenmana 4y ago

From what it looks like that's some ten kilometers or 6,2 miles of scrapping beach, crazy.

nerdponx 4y ago

I did the same as you and looked it up on Google Maps. I was surprised however that I couldn't find the same in Chittagong. I see a huge array of ships lined up offshore, but I didn't see the same obvious shipbreaking beaches that I saw in Alang. Where should I be looking for those?

rootusrootus 4y ago
This looks like some: 22.4378877,91.7304332
- caseyohara 4y ago
  Does anyone know what these enormous spheres are here at the coordinates above? https://goo.gl/maps/EFTHmARb1MSks94q7 https://goo.gl/maps/EFTHmARb1MSks94q7
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    My guess would be LNG tanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_carrier
    - nerdponx 4y ago
      > First, the tank must be 'inerted' to eliminate the risk of explosion. An inert gas plant burns diesel in air to produce a mixture of gases (typically less than 5% O2 and about 13% CO2 plus N2). This is blown into the tanks until the oxygen level is below 4%. > Next, the vessel goes into port to "gas-up" and "cool-down", as one still cannot load directly into the tank: The CO2 will freeze and damage the pumps and the cold shock could damage the tank's pump column. > LNG is brought onto the vessel and taken along the spray line to the main vaporiser, which boils off the liquid into gas. This is then warmed up to roughly 20 °C (68 °F) in the gas heaters and then blown into the tanks to displace the "inert gas". This continues until all the CO2 is removed from the tanks. Initially, the IG (inert gas) is vented to atmosphere. Once the hydrocarbon content reaches 5% (lower flammability range of methane) the inert gas is redirected to shore via a pipeline and manifold connection by the HD (high duty) compressors. The shore terminal then burns this vapour to avoid the dangers of having large amounts of hydrocarbons present which may explode. > Now the vessel is gassed up and warm. The tanks are still at ambient temperature and are full of methane. > The next stage is cool-down. LNG is sprayed into the tanks via spray heads, which vaporises and starts to cool the tank. The excess gas is again blown ashore to be re-liquified or burned at a flare stack. Once the tanks reach about −140 °C (−220 °F) the tanks are ready to bulk load. Wow, that's a whole lot of burning of hydrocarbons just to get the LNG into the tanker. How much does this overall add to the lifecycle carbon emissions of natural gas for electricity?

jahewson 4y ago

Asbestos is still used to make chlorine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloralkali_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloralkali_process