Comments by "Tim Trewyn" (@timtrewyn453) on "Russia Destroyed the Dam and Has Worse Planned" video.

If Russia says Ukraine is responsible, then Russia should not attack any effort by Ukraine to repair the dam. Russian towns get evacuated because the Russian government doesn't want anyone going over to the partisan side. Other reasons include opportunities for looting and then having the area as a depopulated kill zone. Now the Russians "wreck" (Mearsheimer) Russia.
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@shooster5884 I don't know. I am not a structural engineer that specializes in dams. I tend to think that whatever survives the total spill might be sound enough to build upon, but I suppose interfaces to it could be tricky. However, a short term repair doesn't need to be fully leak proof, it just needs to be good enough to allow folks downstream to do recovery work. Yeah, the mines are a nightmare for decades. For the oil, there is this stuff called polyolefin oil-SAP that turns spilled oil into a gel that can be collected and refined. Guess I like to be optimistic in the face of a total mess.
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