Post pictures of amazingly cool engineering
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Today, 40 years ago, the first oil from the Brent Field was produced. At its peak in 1982 it was producing more than 500,000 barrels a day. Its production that year would have met the annual energy needs of around half of all UK homes. It also helped to keep the lights on when energy was in short supply during the energy crisis of the 1970s.
I think thats pretty f
king amazing stuff - today - never mind 40 years ago !
There's some interesting (to some) info on Shell's website about the Brent decommissioning process:I think thats pretty f
king amazing stuff - today - never mind 40 years ago !http://www.shell.co.uk/sustainability/decommission...
I have to say that all oil rigs and barges that take them out there are big but not very impressive engineering wise. They are quite simplistic devices, but big.
The most impressive engineered things that go on or under the sea are the US Navy nuclear powered vessels. In all their years of operation there have been extremely few problems with their nuclear power plants to boot. Pretty amazing considering the environment they work in. The latest and greatest -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-vtL4KsWlU
Gerald Ford cost $8 to $14 billion depending on how you cut it.
It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
The most impressive engineered things that go on or under the sea are the US Navy nuclear powered vessels. In all their years of operation there have been extremely few problems with their nuclear power plants to boot. Pretty amazing considering the environment they work in. The latest and greatest -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-vtL4KsWlU
Gerald Ford cost $8 to $14 billion depending on how you cut it.
It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
USS Nimitz in dry dock for repairs, and improvements...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3VmpxsKG4
...sorry if youtube vids are a no-no!
It's 23 minutes long, and shows things like rudder stock, anchor chains, and catapults in decent detail. Even if it's not "amazingly cool engineering", it certainly puts the scale of such ships into perspective...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3VmpxsKG4
...sorry if youtube vids are a no-no!
It's 23 minutes long, and shows things like rudder stock, anchor chains, and catapults in decent detail. Even if it's not "amazingly cool engineering", it certainly puts the scale of such ships into perspective...
Gandahar said:
Gerald Ford cost $8 to $14 billion depending on how you cut it.
It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
Ironic that the States' latest and greatest carrier is named after the president who, it was claimed, 'is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time'.It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
vournikas said:
Gandahar said:
Gerald Ford cost $8 to $14 billion depending on how you cut it.
It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
Ironic that the States' latest and greatest carrier is named after the president who, it was claimed, 'is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time'.It is amazingly cool. Deadly. And has enough toilets......
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