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It would be cheaper just to build an oil pipeline around it than to cover insurance and risk through that Strait. It would do well to just forget the Strait ex
by mothballed 8mo ago
It would be cheaper just to build an oil pipeline around it than to cover insurance and risk through that Strait. It would do well to just forget the Strait exists, our conflict has taken it out of commission for the indefinite future.
- lm28469 8mo agoLet's replace a choke point by an even smaller single static point of failure transporting highly flammable content, are you an adviser for the white house? If not you should apply
- mothballed 8mo agoYou might be surprised to find out the Abu Dhabi pipeline, which does this exact thing, is still running.
- wing-_-nuts 8mo agoCheaper but less resilient to attacks. Pipelines are fixed infra, and are imminently targetible by even the smallest drones. One successful attack and your entire pipeline is down. Probably a 'why not both' question though. If the US could quick deploy enough pipelines to support the entire d-day offensive back during ww2 I don't see why we couldn't do so today
- lenkite 8mo agoGood idea, but pipeline would need to be 100m underground