they have unknown flying objects?
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Funnily enough, I saw this meme earlier, and thought it was an AI rendering of the world's fastest manhole cover. Then I scrolled Lemmy, and here I am.
It is a cover, but a few orders of magnitude bigger!
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Is this the oil price cap?
It might be an honest to god lid gettin blown offa that thing
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All jokes aside, I'm seriously impressed that the roof structure maintained it's integrity and didn't just shred to pieces in the explosion
It's probably a floating roof. In the petro they use this for several reasons. Less contact between the product and air reduces oxidation. There is also less gass formed above the product reducing odour. But funny enough, it is mainly used to reduce risk of explosion ...
It’s probably a floating roof.
Sure is.
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I think that part kinda makes sense. The lid is domed, which increases its strength. The seam where the lid meets the walls would tend to be the weakest point. I'm more surprised there was such a violent explosion in the first place, usually they just burn. Could be that tank was partially empty and the area beneath the lid was a highly combustible fuel/air mix. Drone hits the tank, vapour ignites, and pop.
Domes are great in one direction, because any given section has something below it. They’re a 3D arch, something whoch would fall apart immediately if turned upside down. The great part about big rounded edges is that they distribute pressure more evenly and reduce the amount of seams present unlike a welded cube, for example.
More likely is that, yes, the connection between the roof and the rest was the weaker point and also the dome was able to basically be a parachute so it coukd catch air instead of just being flung in some random direction.
An arch or dome made of stone would instantly fall apart if flipped upside down. A steel one will perform just as well, as steel is isotropic.
IIRC, the lid can move up and down depending on how much content there's in the tank. Something something provides pressure if it's a gas.
Yup, I’m not sure about this lid specifically, but some slide up and down the tank, since water is denser than oil they don’t really care if rain water gets past the seal.
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"Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls—because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy—a burning wheel."
Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
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That was a very appropriate quote - from a phenomenal book. Thank you for sharing that.
It's the 1,584th of February 2022... Can't take much longer!!!!111
30 days has September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31; except February which has 28, 29 or 1584!
You hate to see it when thinking about the environment.
You love to see it when thinking about Putin getting briefed what's on fire this time.
Nah its good for the environment, they were going to burn that anyway. Now it's still burnt, but the infrastructure is trashed.
Lol. That's quite a take, I kinda like it. ( I mean they'll build it again using more materials and energy, but I don't want to be a pooper of the party )
Probably :( My basis is that in game theory if you want to disincetivise a behaviour you need to keep harming agents that take that action (negative reinforcement), but I suppose that doesn't apply here bc the Ukrainian signalling is about invading Ukraine, not the environment.
There is the additional factor that this reduces the output of oil power plants, creating more demand for electricity, so there's now a better opportunity for someone to build renewables to get more profits. I suppose you could also build something else, switch bsck to coaL? Lmao
Russia TV News: play it in reverse so it looks like our dear leader put a lid on the issue immediately.
The best part of this is it was hit by a Russian AA missile.
The writers of this reality are clearly just phoning it in.
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When that landed, did it sound like an oversized coin? I hope it did the wobble "wah---wah--wah--wah-wah-wah-wah-wahwahwah" sound
T-80: Nobody can blow their lid like me!
Oil tank: Hold my vodka!
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!
Easy Micheal Caine…
I still give the nod to Glenn for explosion of the year, but this photo is even cooler in some ways.
Ukraine will transform Russia from a "fossil fuel export nation" into a "fossil fuel import nation".
The roof
The roof
Nah, this is the movie poster for the Russian version of "Independence day"
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No callsign, so it's military UFO?
Unfortunately disqualified from Turret Toss competition due to size violation, but a stunning effort nonetheless!
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