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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oil depots are so hot right now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Even better; it's apparently diesel.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This apparently didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did they try water? It doesn’t even necessarily have to be holy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Water on an oil fire is not the best idea. The burning oil will float on the water.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't be surprised if they did that and that's why it's still going.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah you’re supposed to use foam, right? Never heard of holy foam, unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Between 550,000 and 600,000 litres of diesel per tank, depending on the specific gravity of the fuel. Two and a half million dollars per tank, not including the lost revenue from having the site offline.

Just some quick maths for you all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

And none of it, along with so many more billions of dollars worth of economic impact - let alone the catastrophic humanitarian costs - had any reasonable need to occur. But you know... that all-consuming russian inferiority complex and cruelty, ignorance and alcoholism, corruption and ineptitude.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Who would win?

Two buzzy bois

or

an oil depot with ~$200m of ~~crude oil~~ diesel fuel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there really that much oil here? Ouch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Seems like an estimate by the chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent of the WSJ. Also, it seems to actually be diesel fuel. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://xcancel.com/yarotrof/status/1825529432586543324#m

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-drone-strike-damages-200-million-russian-oil-depot-1941690

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That makes sense, refined products are obviously more expensive by volume.

Between 550,000 and 600,000 litres of diesel per tank, depending on the specific gravity of the fuel. Two and a half million dollars per tank, not including the lost revenue from having the site offline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Interesting 🤔