The ocean literally burning

[Deleted member 42253]

Who knew that apocalyptic accidents could look so beautiful?

 

[Sparhafoc]

That would be "oil on fire' rather than 'literally the ocean'.

 

[Deleted member 42253]

Gas, not oil.

 

[Sparhafoc]

Oh, looked like an oil rig next to it, but if it's gas, then ok.

Still not 'literally the ocean' though, is it?

The word 'literally' there is the offending party.

 

[*SD*]

No no it literally is. Even though its literally not. But literally it is. Even though it clearly isn't.

 

[Sparhafoc]

By literally, I don't mean it actually is, I mean it's a bit like it - that's literally how people use this word!

 

[Deleted member 619]

I think he was being literary.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Gas, not oil.

No.

In America, you use the word "gas" to refer to gasoline, which is a liquid, called "petrol" in Europe, to refer to petroleum.

Properly speaking gas is another state of matter that is not a liquid.

kindest regards,

James

 

[Greg the Grouper]

Greetings,


No.

In America, you use the word "gas" to refer to gasoline, which is a liquid, called "petrol" in Europe, to refer to petroleum.

Properly speaking gas is another state of matter that is not a liquid.

kindest regards,

James

CNN described it as methane rising from a broken pipe.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

CNN described it as methane rising from a broken pipe.

What CNN claims it is, what the company claims it is, and what it actually is are not necessarily the same thing.

From CNN's report:

Angel Carrizales, head of Mexico's oil safety regulator ASEA, wrote on Twitter that the incident "did not generate any spill," according to Reuters news agency, but did not explain what was burning on the water's surface.

If it was known what was burning on the surface of the water, ASEA should have known.

Pemex, which has a long record of major industrial accidents at its facilities, said it would investigate the cause of the fire and said it shut the valves of the 12-inch-diameter pipeline, Reuters added.

Again, no mention of what sort of pipeline it is.

Kindest regards,

James