And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's one of the old Odeco rigs, built for the North Sea in the 80's. But they were so well-built, and so over-built that they've been upgraded, modernized, and reconfigured for deeper water. The Onyx is another in the same design, used it myself, been on it many many times.
I remember when this happened during Obama's first term. It's around the same time Harry Reid was saying "Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick." ad nauseum.
Them there You Tubes are full of stories about the mysteries of "advanced civilizations" and their ability to stack up giant rocks. One of those oil platforms weigh a bazillion tons, floats, and can snake a tube down a couple miles in some of the most dangerous seas on the planet to help power a world filled with billions of humans. Considering what they have to do to get it, it's a miracle that fossil fuels are as cheap and reliable as they are.
Looking closely I found 3 men.
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DeleteIt's one of the old Odeco rigs, built for the North Sea in the 80's. But they were so well-built, and so over-built that they've been upgraded, modernized, and reconfigured for deeper water. The Onyx is another in the same design, used it myself, been on it many many times.
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ReplyDeleteI remember when this happened during Obama's first term. It's around the same time Harry Reid was saying "Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick." ad nauseum.
DeleteLooks like a Lego construction to me....
ReplyDeleteThere looks like there is a very specific place for everything.
ReplyDeleteWould love to build one as a tiny self contained city!!
ReplyDeleteDo we have any of these on the coast? East coast or west coast?
ReplyDeleteThe Gulf Coast.
DeleteThe fact that they are on the golf coast is common knowledge (Deepwater Horizon oil spill, etc.). Asking about the east coast and the west coast.
DeleteThem there You Tubes are full of stories about the mysteries of "advanced civilizations" and their ability to stack up giant rocks. One of those oil platforms weigh a bazillion tons, floats, and can snake a tube down a couple miles in some of the most dangerous seas on the planet to help power a world filled with billions of humans. Considering what they have to do to get it, it's a miracle that fossil fuels are as cheap and reliable as they are.
ReplyDeleteI’ve worked for several companies that had offshore exploration and production platforms in my 48+ years of service but I’ve stayed onshore.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the solar panels and windmills to power everything?
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