• Kirp123@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Well it would be Dubai and the Saudis that would be irradiated. They should be fine with it right?

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        18 days ago

        the gas would likely be irradiated too. I heard of an early proposal to detonate nukes deep underground in the tar sands to bring the oil to the top, theoretically it would work but radioactive oil.

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          The Americans actually tried that with some gas reserves, and as expected nuclear fracking increased yields, but radioactive gas.

          So they’re the only country who has nukes themselves for economic reasons…

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      Less than that. They’d have to sell this particular gas at a discount, considering it would be radioactive after making this detour.

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        You’re forgetting the power of marketing. Call it “Atomic Premium”, claim it’s formulated specifically for giant trucks with fake balls attached to the hitch, get a few hick-hop artists to name drop it in songs about cruising down red dirt roads, and run a meme campaign implying only woke blue-haired lib trannies with nose rings oppose irradiated gas. They’d drink it if they thought doing so would “own the libs”.

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        The transported good would not be radioactive after the journey, though I can’t say the same for the vessel

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      Well, not Americans, but brown people halfway across the world would be. But they’re not people to Americans so who cares.