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Would this plan work? (thelemmy.club)
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[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

A new US startup company has announced a funding round for AI designed cargo submarines as a potential solution for the Iran Energy Crisis. The designs will be commissioned for construction via one of the 5 largest shipbuilding companies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_shipbuilding_companies

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

AI designed

i misread this as "ai piloted" at first but it turned out it's even stupider

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

AI designed cargo submarines

Oh my god American century of humiliation goes hard

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago
[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

submarines, famously invulnerable to mines

[-] Champoloo@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

These are gonna be AI designed

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

So they'll be non-euclidean and walk on the sea floor with 67 legs, each with more toes than the last

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Okay but you have to admit that'd be sick af

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

how-much-could-it-cost

How long would it take to build a submarine, Michael? 5 days?

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Also that's a 10 year old list, I wonder how many of the top 5 are Chinese now?

[-] JustSo@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

ngl idk why nobody's thought of just chucking the oil barrels in at the start and fishing them out with a big net at the end. Surely Iran can't bomb every oil barrel.

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Just freeze the oil into a giant block and float it down the straight.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

We need just about 10 billion people to pull this caper off.

[-] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

And only 9.999 billion will die

[-] Stache_@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

lol haven’t seen this meme in a long time

[-] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I think its canceled out by climate change sea level rises.

[-] SodaThief@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I think it's worth a shot.

[-] Omegamint@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Luelinks is still leaking somehow

[-] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

How about drilling from the other side of the globe into the oil source? Then pump it and distribute it from there?

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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