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Fuel storage tank cap is blasted into the air in Moscow after a UAV attack.
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If only there was some way to stop this immediately?
It would be too costly to attach the caps more securely.
Sorry to be serious about jokes, but I thought I’d share the fun fact that these caps are actually not attached at all, which is probably why it got yeeted (yote?) so cleanly. If the storage tank had a top at a fixed height, vapors would accumulate in the air space above the oil, so these huge tops actually float on top of the fluid and rise and fall with the fluid level. You can tell how full they are just by looking at them from above.
Edit: turns out the lid flip tank actually wasn’t the floating lid design, at least not in its earthly state. I still think they’re neat anyway.
That shows US reserves are all but gone.
Hey, that’s cool information. Although, my point still stands: way too expensive to attach those caps in place.
Do you happen to have any idea how large that container might have been? I assume there’s no standardized sizes for containers like that…
if you look at google maps, then the tank that blew up is at 55.65279924653206, 37.810112426857245 and it was 45m in diameter. it wasn't a floating roof tank https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/xed-moscow-oil-refinery-after-ukrainian-drone-attacks-what-satellite-images-show-20018
That's the point you don't attach them in place. They have to move up and down, they basically float on the oil.
how about not triggering a series of events that lead to them being blown off?
Do you mean legally forbid rapid combustion? You may be on to something
Cutting off oxygen could help.
Especially when applied to their psychopath Führer.
Tifu by making my storage vessel a highly pressurized vessel temporarily