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if you've never seen the refineries on the US Gulf Coast it's worth a road trip. Super surreal, miles and miles of dense piping and machinery. I don't really ha

if you've never seen the refineries on the US Gulf Coast it's worth a road trip. Super surreal, miles and miles of dense piping and machinery. I don't really have words to describe except it's something you'd expect to see in a sci-fi anime and not in real life. Just these massive complexes as big as small cities in a web of pipes of all sizes going in all directions. edit: they remind me of the scene in Aliens toward the end when Ripley is standing on the platform waiting for Bishop to pick her up. Minus the fire and explosions though ( well usually heh ).

fuzzfactor 4y ago
Right, it's not just offshore oil rigs, it can be processing facilities deep onshore, like in a place appropriately named Commerce City: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/suncor-prepares-to-reopen-one-plant-at-refinery/vi-AA17j2Hp https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/suncor-prepares-to-reop... And it's the Gulf Coast where there can be a lot this for miles, it's 24/7. Flaring is of course, "normal": https://www.facebook.com/KRIS6News/videos/live-view-from-our-kris-6-news-shoreline-camera-is-seeing-flaring-coming-from-re/10156632423381133/ https://www.facebook.com/KRIS6News/videos/live-view-from-our... For my life's work I needed to become very comfortable working in this environment, especially where the big ships are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9Frtkqy3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9Frtkqy3Y Dystopias are us.
Lio 4y ago
That's a great scene and I would definitely enjoy seeing the Gulf Coast. I believe Ridley Scott was inspired by the steel works of Sheffield at night to create the landscape of Blade Runner. Similarly it wouldn't surprise at all if James Cameron used Gulf Coast oil refineries for inspiration. Heavy industry is a raw old sight.
pr0zac 4y ago
My father did computer hardware work on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico up til I was conceived and he decided to get a less dangerous job at IBM. My entire childhood he had a picture on his desk he took from the evac boat of the oil rig he worked on in flames after some accident a few years before I was born. So yeah, definitely only usually!
MacroChip 4y ago
Got a specific location I can check out on Google maps?

fuzzfactor 4y ago

Right, it's not just offshore oil rigs, it can be processing facilities deep onshore, like in a place appropriately named Commerce City: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/suncor-prepares-to-reopen-one-plant-at-refinery/vi-AA17j2Hp https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/suncor-prepares-to-reop... And it's the Gulf Coast where there can be a lot this for miles, it's 24/7. Flaring is of course, "normal": https://www.facebook.com/KRIS6News/videos/live-view-from-our-kris-6-news-shoreline-camera-is-seeing-flaring-coming-from-re/10156632423381133/ https://www.facebook.com/KRIS6News/videos/live-view-from-our... For my life's work I needed to become very comfortable working in this environment, especially where the big ships are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9Frtkqy3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9Frtkqy3Y Dystopias are us.

Lio 4y ago

That's a great scene and I would definitely enjoy seeing the Gulf Coast. I believe Ridley Scott was inspired by the steel works of Sheffield at night to create the landscape of Blade Runner. Similarly it wouldn't surprise at all if James Cameron used Gulf Coast oil refineries for inspiration. Heavy industry is a raw old sight.

pr0zac 4y ago

My father did computer hardware work on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico up til I was conceived and he decided to get a less dangerous job at IBM. My entire childhood he had a picture on his desk he took from the evac boat of the oil rig he worked on in flames after some accident a few years before I was born. So yeah, definitely only usually!

MacroChip 4y ago

Got a specific location I can check out on Google maps?