Posted on 10/02/2022 7:14:50 AM PDT by FarCenter
You are conflating “hydrate” with “hydride”.
hydrate
hī′drāt″
noun
1. A solid compound containing water molecules combined in a definite ratio as an integral part of the crystal. Often used in combination.
2. In chem., a compound of a class which may be regarded as formed upon the same type as water, or by the substitution of a metallic atom, or a basic radical, for one of the atoms of hydrogen in water: for example, HOH, water; KOH, potassium hydrate; NH4OH, ammonium hydrate.
3. A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.
So, basically, let’s blame Hitler.
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I was wondering how the blame would be shifted to Trump. After all, we know that:
Trump = Hitler
Problem solved.
William of Occam wants to have his say here, and he’s asking if there were any people, plural, shooting off theirs mouths about blowing up Vlad’s pipeline.
Which country’s leader has a history of shutting down gas pipelines?
Those drooling in cups are trying hard to figure this all out.
A design flaw?
Ummm... the towers did indeed “take the hit” but apparently nobody adequately accounted for the weakening of the steel structure from the ensuing fire which caused the floors to pancake and the entire structure to telescope downward in a cascade failure.
My opinion (take it for what it’s worth) is that the failure-mode of the buildings were not adequately considered. And even if they did consider the possibility of an airplane strike followed by a fire... airplanes were scaled-up in size and range (fuel capacity) since 1966 when construction began.
I’m reminded of the crash test film of a nuclear reactor containment structure where an F-4 Phantom strapped to a rocket sled was ‘launched’ at the structure in an attempt to simulate a Boeing 707 hit. This was used to certify the design. A Boeing 707 is puny compared to today’s jumbo wide-bodies, meaning that every nuclear containment vessel’s ability to sustain a hit is open to question.
We do have a few FR members who do not want the USA/Biden administration to get fingured for ‘decomissioning’ these piplines, as Biden, Nuland and others said we would do.
Ho building will not be punched by a full-speed airliner. It’s the same as a tornado thrusting a straw through a telephone pole. It’s all about the kinetic speed vs a stationary object.
Ho (not Harris) = No
its repairable, and theres a good chance the pipe could have a nickel alloy in it too. they can plug both sides after air purging and cut/replace a section. Its done often.
I’m not sure it is filled with seawater. Recent articles have said that the amount of gas leaking out has slowed as the pipeline’s pressure was reduced. Contrary to what I expected, the implication is that the pipeline is basically intact with a few holes blown through it; the system’s operators managed to keep the internal pressure higher than the pressure of seawater at the penetrations. Thus seawater would not have intruded. All of that might have been fake news — time will have to tell.
That would be my guess.
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