When the Alaskan oil pipeline springs a leak, it is a major problem; so Riley gears up to learn how to fix it.
World’s Toughest Fixes: Alaska Oil Pipeline : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/worlds-toughest-fixes/3565/Overview
Duration : 0:3:35
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November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Or spelling…
Or spelling…
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
A human can …
A human can withstand 100 °C ( 211,97 °F) of dry heat without dying, but if the heat is in liquid form (water, oil, etc), gas (steam, etc) or solid form (stone, asfalt(tarmac), gravel, etc. It will cuase seriously bodily harm or death.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
100 degrees …
100 degrees fahrenheit = 37.7 degrees centigrade(celsius or °C).
0 °C (32 °F) = freezing point of water,
100 °C ( 211,97 °F) = boiling point of water.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
oh. ok
oh. ok
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
you do realize your …
you do realize your average body temp is like 98-99 F and that ambient temperature can easily be 100 F or more… water boils at like 212 F I think… and you don’t see people boiling to death… you’ve gotta be thinking in degrees C
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
im not good with …
im not good with tempretures
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
it was 100degrees …
it was 100degrees inside that suit? wouldnt your blood boil and you would die? maybye im thinking of fierenhiet
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
No one cares, …
No one cares, boasters are worse.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
there are huge oil …
there are huge oil resivours that we cant yet tap, and many we haven’t found yet but i think at the rate improving efficiency were going to slow comsumption some. plus many of those estimates are badly biased.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Man that is SO …
Man that is SO stupid, what on earth was this guy thinking? I know he was drunk but DAMN, what an utter tard. I hope he was jailed for this, for a decent amount of time. A lot of oil just spewing into the wild life. 1 YEAR to clean up! That’s just bad!!
What a tit lol!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Anytime there’s a …
Anytime there’s a leak or a loss of pressure, Alyeska can localize the problem and shut down oil flow. There was a much bigger problem in 1986. The Steele Creek incident. Someone planted C4 on the line, and blew up a small section. Same amount spilled, because they knew about it as soon as it happened. Pretty much the same drill as what happened in 2001. How about instead of sounding like a bunch of uneducated ignoramuses, you keep your mouths shut and let people like me and my dad do our job.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
The only reason he …
The only reason he was able to cause a hole in the line was because he hit it right on a weld. Oh, to the person who wanted to go up and down the line and put explosives all over it, good luck. There’s 4 flyovers per day to do a quick glance at the line. To the person who wondered why it wasn’t built all underground, you can’t put all the line underground. There’s too many earthquakes in Alaska for that to happen.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
My dad was on this …
My dad was on this repair job. You have no idea how the pipeline actually works. I’ve worked on the mainline pipe. There’s dents from hundreds of people shooting the line. It’s 1 1/4″ thick mainline pipe surrounded by insulation and jacketing. Within minutes Alyeska realized there was a leak and shut down the pipeline. No wildlife was killed, and the hole was repaired as soon as was humanly possible.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
It is not …
It is not developing in the ground quickly. It takes hundreds of years to make oil. Coal and diamonds are made by a similar process, so just think how long it takes to make them. Scientists estimate we will use all the oil left in the world in the next twenty years, though honestly I’m not sure if this estimation is based on level usage or an increase in usage. Either way, they figure since we started using oil, we have used half of what the world contains.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
will we? they keep …
will we? they keep finding more, it seems to be developing in the ground. however i agree we need to find alternative sources for our plastics. i know they have made some success in that area. i think however that too many focus on the negitive of oil and say we should stop using it instead of finding more efficient &enviromently friendly ways of using it sorry it took so long to respond
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
fuck that drunk red …
that drunk red neck!!!!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
that druken dude is …
that druken dude is probly sleeping with fish now
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
if theres like 10 …
if theres like 10 holes.. from buddys drunken.. gun shots.. lets Arrest him, on behalf of Nature.!!.. us tooooooooo.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
so what happen if …
so what happen if theres like 10 holes?
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
wow thats crazy. …
wow thats crazy. what a dumb hunter haha
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
thats what im …
thats what im saying!
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
i dont think this …
i dont think this is done over a day
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Yes I do. Not only …
Yes I do. Not only cars and heating use it, but plastics are made from oil, and just think of how many plastics we use. Perhaps I should have stated drastically reduce our reliance on oil. Although, we will run out eventually, which will stop our reliance on oil immediately.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
I think that if we …
I think that if we could’ve fixed the problem a long time ago, we would have. If not, it’s probably because of the amount of money humans make from finding oil.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:30 am
do you have any …
do you have any concept of how many products you use daily requires oil or oil based products?