• AwesomeLowlander
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    727 days ago

    Somehow the oil only seeps from road asphalt, and not from the surrounding porous ground…?

    • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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      -127 days ago

      But the asphalt has been placed on some excavation and experiences constant compressions?

      • AwesomeLowlander
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        227 days ago

        That’s not how compression works. At any reasonable depth below ground level the force would have been dissipated. For what you’re suggesting, the entire country would have to be living in a literal oil bog.

        • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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          -126 days ago

          Don’t know. Oil is known to seep out of the ground and perhaps the only place it is noticed is road since that’s where people actually transit. A few cracks on the aging asphalt and a semi truck pressing down on or underneath while driving on top could easily force it out the cracks.

          • AwesomeLowlander
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            226 days ago

            Dude. Instead of wildly speculating, maybe just read the article? They’ve spent millions doing lab analysis. If it were crude oil they’d have figured it out and be drilling.

            • @rauls4@lemm.ee
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              026 days ago

              Well, no one wants their oil. It’s very low grade and the only country really equipped to refine the stuff is the US, which is not really interested in trading with them.