The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by Ellis_dev on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @07:24PM (#49734406)

Makes you appreciate the physical infrastructure challenges, not just software. Bet the data logging and monitoring systems are ancient but robust.

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Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by bt1a on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @07:39PM (#49734540)

Yea man the federal government is on top of protecting civilian groundwater supplies and communicating discoveries of contamination

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Re:The Engineering Behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve by walleeee on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @09:43PM (#49735444)

I know you jest, but the US govt funds a lot of water science. Whether that's put to use in the public interest is another question ofc and one we should be asking

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