• Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    14 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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      14 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…