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0 pointsmothballed13d ago0 comments

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.

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wing-_-nuts13d ago

Cheaper 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

lenkite13d ago

Good idea, but pipeline would need to be 100m underground

lm2846913d ago

Let'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

mothballedOP13d ago

You might be surprised to find out the Abu Dhabi pipeline, which does this exact thing, is still running.

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