What is this thing and why is this thing a thing?

[Red Squirrel]

Quick, everybody, digitally wave to the NSA and/or FBI !! Here's my big cheese smile:

I'm probably already on that list, I never even had Tor installed when I originally did research on that. Surprisingly did not find much on DIY nuclear reactors except for how NOT to build one. Nuclear boy scout articles to be exact.

I'll probably trigger some no knock warrants when I start buying books on nuclear physics.

 

[Rubycon]

I'd guess they probably have a battery too, as if for some reason gas does stop flowing it would at least be able to monitor the condition that could be causing it, ex: low pressure or any other sensor elsewhere along the line indicating a large leak or other serious issue.

The odds of the pipeline going down is very similar to a major (345kV or higher) transmission line going off line for more than 48 hours.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The odds of the pipeline going down is very similar to a major (345kV or higher) transmission line going off line for more than 48 hours.

Guy in a large excavator: "Challenge accepted"



You probably don't want to hit a high pressure pipe line in an excavator though unless you want to try to land it on the moon.

 

[Rubycon]

Smaller ones are more common. And if conflagration occurs immediately the operator is going to have an experience of say coming in too steep on re-entry.

Large, cross country line say 28" at 1000psig may do something like this:

Or a 384kV transmission line that sagged into trees tripping off line which would be the beginning of the great blackout of August 14, 2003 that spread all the way from Ohio USA into Canada and back to NYC plunging 50+ million people into darkness!

 

[destrekor]

Smaller ones are more common. And if conflagration occurs immediately the operator is going to have an experience of say coming in too steep on re-entry.

Large, cross country line say 28" at 1000psig may do something like this:

Or a 384kV transmission line that sagged into trees tripping off line which would be the beginning of the great blackout of August 14, 2003 that spread all the way from Ohio USA into Canada and back to NYC plunging 50+ million people into darkness!

Hey, that video said explosion. But there wasn't any explosion!