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The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve johnjwang.com
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores 714 M barrels in ~60 underground salt‑caverns excavated by water dissolution, a cheap, low‑permeability solution that protects against attack and enables rapid drawdown, but requires brine handling and careful cavern monitoring.
Hacker News front pagejohnjwang.comJohn Wang6d4 minHN278115
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Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain sci.news
Paleontologists identified the first confirmed *Diplodocus* fossils outside North America, found in Spain. This discovery provides strong evidence for intercontinental dinosaur dispersal between North America and Europe via temporary land bridges during the Late Jurassic period.
Hacker News front pagesci.newsEnrico de Lazaro7d2 minHN10461

The engineering behind the US Strategic Petroleum Reservejohnjwang.com