Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoYes I know it doesn't work like thatsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1112
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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoMy opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoOrdinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive. Oh wait.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoHaven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoWell obviously they just remove all the salt first.
minus-squarebaguettefish@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoif a soup is too salty you add some potatoes to absorb some of the salt, so i bet they do the same with oil, just more
minus-squarerooroo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoBoil em, mash em, throw em in the sea.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoNo you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!
My opinion based on zero research is that salt water is hell for mechanisms.
Ordinarily, sure, but we’re talking about hot salt water, which is definitely less corrosive.
Oh wait.
Haven’t we solved that? How does offshore oil work?
Well obviously they just remove all the salt first.
if a soup is too salty you add some potatoes to absorb some of the salt, so i bet they do the same with oil, just more
So just more potatoes?
Boil em, mash em, throw em in the sea.
No you make the whole drill out of potatoes, duh!