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Is newt Gingrich even still alive
“Yes, we’re irradiated now, but gas is under $3/gal.”
Less than that. They’d have to sell this particular gas at a discount, considering it would be radioactive after making this detour.
The transported good would not be radioactive after the journey, though I can’t say the same for the vessel
Nah, both carbon and hydrogen can absorb neutrons just fine,
Well it would be Dubai and the Saudis that would be irradiated. They should be fine with it right?
fuck them saudis and their sportswashing
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.
Well, not Americans, but brown people halfway across the world would be. But they’re not people to Americans so who cares.
How bad would the radiation actually be?
How bad can it possibly be? It’s only being held apart by a screwdriver
I’ve stopped asking if people are this stupid, because yes, they are.
But, I think this is more about sowing fear, than a serious suggestion.
I keep trying to persuade myself, in spite of clear evidence to the contrary, that people are not this stupid. But, it doesn’t work.
Oh man… I hate to blow your bubble, but that guy is just repeating something that was under serious consideration about 50 years ago.
He probably just remembers the proposals, and not the problems people found in it.
It’s not. This has been proposed multiple times throughout history. The U.S. program, named Project Plowshare, was active from the late 1950s to the 1970s and explored various peaceful applications for nuclear explosives. It was built on ideas from older, British and German plans. The Russians also had their own plans. This is not a new idea.
Where, in OP’s post, does it claim this is a new idea?
Newt is not a new man
Newman!
Don’t a bunch of the Arab states make like extravagant man made islands and epic waterways? And they can’t find the resources to build this waterway through a couple mountains?
Unfortunately, it would still be in close proximity to Iran and well within attack distance, so it would be completely pointless.
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lay more pipe
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I assume they must be plumbers https://youtu.be/33cweEv3zm4
Has he ever looked at a map? The only way I could see this happening is by going through the most populated parts of UAE.
That’s a bonus, in their view.
Still rather logistically difficult to convince the host country to nuke their major population centers.
For those who don’t know about it, Project Plowshare was a cold war project where the US investigating the use of nuclear weapons for geo engineering projects.
Here is a WTYP Podcast episode about it:
Or perhaps, stop bombing the people that control the strait.
Omg, I absolutely love the idea of fuel exhaust that’s even more radioactive than it already is. I just love it so much I could die.
Well, I guess if negotiating in good faith with the people who neighbor it is off the table, then… Nope that’s still fucking idiotic.
Is this… actually Newt? Honestly can’t tell would appreciate clarification
I too want to know if project plowshare is back on the menu
Isn’t Newt dead?
Fuck. No, not yet
Leader (possibly) of the civilizing forces
There’s no way this is real.
god fucking damnit
