More than half of all 350,000 tonnes of the natural gas — methane - in the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea had leaked into the atmosphere after they were damaged by explosions.
The rest is expected to escape by Sunday, so inspections of the damaged structures could begin after one or two weeks.
The leaks could have the effect of almost 30 million tonnes of CO2, or more than two-thirds of the annual emissions of Denmark.
So that’s it’s own story then isn’t it? Because it’s common knowledge #2 was never opened cause Germany refused it. And Russia just announce a week or 2 ago that they are or did shut down #1.
They weren't in use. Just standing ready to be used.
To pump gas through a pipe it must be pressurized. Because, unlike liquid, gas is highly compressible. So, without high enough pressure already present in the pipe, blowing in one end only slightly compresses the gas in the pipe. Which then only produces a tiny trickle on the other end, after a long delay. The longer and larger the pipe, the more pressure is required, and therefore the more gas you have to invest just to build the pressure, before the customer on the other end even starts seeing a decent flow.
This is why these pipelines are generally never depressurized. You can't just flip that on or off on a whim.
Notice how, even with a massive uncontrolled rupture, it will take weeks for the pressure to leave the pipe. Consider how much gas had to be pumped into the pipe just to achieve that pressure (without benefit to either side), how long that must have taken, how much energy that required, and how much more time and energy it would take to depressurize it in a controlled way.
The pipes were pressurized to working pressure so they can be opened at any time if the political situation improves. Filling the 1000km pipe takes weeks.
the european mass media, who are always right, say it was that naughty putin who did it (yeah, he personally...). At least that suits them better than it would have been their ally from across the ocean.
[ - ] Name 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 29, 2022 03:35:52 ago (+1/-0)
The early coverage in the US media was spotty and the follow up coverage in the last 24 hours has been virtually nonexistent. This leads me to believe that our propaganda machine was not prepared for this event and has had trouble concocting a script.
Nah, this was actually a really smart play by Russia -- they can still blame the US (driving a wedge between the US and Europe, who needs the gas), and it insures less chance to overthrow Putin since there won't be profits if he's overthrown. They're all in now.
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Scammers. Liars. Criminals. Traitors.
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Well finally some good news for the rain forests…
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they have been planning this for years
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[ - ] 3Whuurs 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 28, 2022 21:13:32 ago (+1/-0)
It’s been easy but shut for almost a year.
Doesn’t it eventually spoil in some way?
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[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 28, 2022 21:30:23 ago (+0/-0)
The military strike reduced that to 7
It was in use
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[ - ] 3Whuurs 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 28, 2022 21:43:02 ago (+0/-0)
Because it’s common knowledge #2 was never opened cause Germany refused it.
And Russia just announce a week or 2 ago that they are or did shut down #1.
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To pump gas through a pipe it must be pressurized. Because, unlike liquid, gas is highly compressible. So, without high enough pressure already present in the pipe, blowing in one end only slightly compresses the gas in the pipe. Which then only produces a tiny trickle on the other end, after a long delay. The longer and larger the pipe, the more pressure is required, and therefore the more gas you have to invest just to build the pressure, before the customer on the other end even starts seeing a decent flow.
This is why these pipelines are generally never depressurized. You can't just flip that on or off on a whim.
Notice how, even with a massive uncontrolled rupture, it will take weeks for the pressure to leave the pipe. Consider how much gas had to be pumped into the pipe just to achieve that pressure (without benefit to either side), how long that must have taken, how much energy that required, and how much more time and energy it would take to depressurize it in a controlled way.
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