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by cucumber3732842 36 days ago
>I don’t think those are good answers.

Steel and concrete are what we use above ground so.....

>They say what they want to do, but almost nothing about how they’ll do that, and try to avoid making hard statements on the what by using “is expected” and “is intended”.

They say nothing about how because those are trivial problems in the well (and oil) drilling industry.

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We use steel and concrete. We don't usually expect them to last 10,000 years, though.
> those are trivial problems in the well (and oil) drilling industry.

Ah yes, an industry well known for its adherence to safety standards and never having surprising blowouts.