Auckland power cable 'possibly' intentionally damaged, causes diesel leak (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 month ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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It's an oil insulated cable, filled with a special insulating oil similar to transformer oil. It's not diesel, or any other type of fuel.

https://circuitglobe.com/oil-filled-cables.html

Why are journalists like this?

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[-] teft@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

The headline says “causes diesel leak scare” and the article say people thought it was a diesel leak but authorities figured out it was the oil cable leak. It seems to me the journalists were correct.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

They've updated the story, they referred to it as a diesel leak three times in the original.

Sneaky pricks.

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