[whalesalad]

There’s been like 2 dudes out there with an excavator for a week. Absolutely nothing about this has made any sense. Based on the amount of revenue lost due to this blockage you’d think every military on the earth would have descended there.

[spyder]

It's not just 2 dude:

https://youtu.be/xLh1676KRaE?t=20

another interesting view:

https://images0.persgroep.net/rcs/GXjmBPgKzxDcYYksztfQHjNhNl...

[jacquesm]

That's just that first image. Meanwhile they've been going at it day and night with 6 long boom excavators at the same time.

[djxfade]

At this point, I wonder if it economically would cost less to just destroy the vessel

[avianlyric]

Kurzgesagt tweeted about this (specifically using a nuke to remove the vessel). It's surprising just how big a nuke you would need to remove such a large vessel.

https://twitter.com/Kurz_Gesagt/status/1375607865721958403?s...

[helloguillecl]

I fail to understand why so many people are proposing this alternative as if blowing up tonnes of cargo in the water, surroundings and air would be fine from an environmental point of view.

[Symbiote]

The Hollywood effect.

All crises, worldwide, are eventually solved by the American military blowing shit up.

[helloguillecl]

Also: No laws governing other countries.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Or even just filling the canal with debris.

[tallanvor]

And spread debris throughout the canal, causing more delays as they try to clean that up?

[rectang]

Because that worked so well for Florence, Oregon's exploding whale...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34