• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Well, we could nuke Antarctica.

      That… might actually cause something approximately like that, if you threw the entire US nuclear arsenal at it.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 months ago

        If you’re going to be using nukes like that, you might as well Operation Plowshare yourself a canal directly instead.

        (Sorry in advance if this is too credible.)

        • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          “Operation Glass Cannon”

          EDIT:

          Well, I put my glasses on and looked at the original image again…

          Nuking a canal into… out of… ??? … that section of the Arabian penninsula would have the benefit of not causing the Noachian Deluge Round 2 for all of Iraq.

          So that’s probably a plus, for the nuclear infrastructure engineering plan.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    Geez, now I really want to see an XKCD What If style explanation of what horrors would befall us if there were two giant portals at different points in the ocean. Especially if it was like, the Atlantic and the Pacific.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Depends on the “different points” and how you define their positions:

      • If they were “at sea level” meaning average sea level, water would flow in one and out the other depending on which level was actually higher at that moment due to tides etc.

      • If they were “at sea level” meaning the actual level of the sea at that point at that moment (essentially floating), it’d be a pretty boring result because no water would flow.

      • If one portal were at significant depth, the high pressure would cause a strong stream to spray out of the other portal. If it were also underwater itself or at the surface pointed horizontally, it would create a strong current. If it were at or near the surface pointed up, a fountain or geyser. If it were pointed at the shore or bottom, it would carve a canyon. Also, a whirlpool might form at the surface above the inlet portal.

      Finally, in any of the above cases various nutrients and/or marine life might be transferred between locations, potentially exacerbating problems with invasive species or causing an algae bloom or something like that.

      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I was imagining potential weather-related upsets due to temperature differentials and tides and things, but that would likely require very large portals. Maybe a better / more interesting question is, how large would the portals have to be for this to start having this types of effects?

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    The shipwrecks of the uncool tankers which didnt get enough air will be the scientific basis for the christian theory of the great flood and Noahs Ark - it even has traces of liquefied animals

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    3.5: Expertly dodge Surface-to-Air Missile in your airborne tanker boat.

  • IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zipBannedEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    You forgot the part where they drift the ship like a tank before hitting the trampoline, making it a 360noscope backflip.

  • marcos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    People keep saying they can’t dig a channel because there are mountains there…

    But couldn’t we airlift the ships? Drones today are incredibly capable.