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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by danielheath on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:56AM (#26588871)
Right now the goal is to unblock the canal; if the entire cargo were lost in the process, that would be expensive, but I'm not confident it'd be more expensive than blocking shipping through for an extra fortnight.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by GekkePrutser on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:44AM (#26589087)
@nerfhammer: Great idea, littering the canal with sharp debris pieces so the next ships will be torn to shreds :)
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by Scoundreller on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:23AM (#26589280)
Dredging is the easy part. Not sure how much swimming happens in the canal. We only have to worry about cutting through steel, not skin.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by vkou on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:38AM (#26589642)
Ships traveling at 7 knots over a minefield of sunken containers will happily shred their steel skin.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by WindyLakeReturn on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:45AM (#26592059)
It sounded like they were intended to drop them on land, where one would hope no ships would be hitting them. 'Lost' would be referring to the likely chance that once put on the desert they wouldn't be retrieved.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by nerfhammer on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:37AM (#26589055)
it follows then that we should consider blowing up the ship
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by yellowapple on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:58AM (#26589463)
I suspect that might very well be on the table.

Hell, a big enough explosion might prevent ships from ever getting stuck at that spot again.

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by lifeformed on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:09AM (#26589528)
And you could recoup the costs by selling tickets to watch the explosion.
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