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Mutjake | 3 years ago

The gas was already off, so what would’ve the US exactly achieved with it, accounting for the non-trivial risk of getting caught?

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permo-w|3 years ago

as far as I know, the gas was not off; massive quantities of gas were released. I recall reading about bubbles 1km in diameter

skissane|3 years ago

From what I understand, the pipe was full of mostly stationary gas - it wasn’t flowing at an economically significant rate. That is effectively “off”

miguelazo|3 years ago

Pressurized with methane, now released to the atmosphere. It was actually one of the greatest ecological crimes of the century.