Re: Y-IKEs


"Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
We have lots of yachts here that also have submarine capabilities. And
until they were all hauled off and crushed, lots of cars too.

Now that's a waste.
Why don't they haul them out to the coast and drop them just off the
beaches to create breakers?


Actually, some of them were. However, to be used as offshore reefs, autos
have to be drained and made ecologically neutral which is a lot of work.
There were over 150,000+ cars ruined. It was just too much work to sanitize
them all and there was no one to do it.

And apparently, they don't last long under salt water, so their usefulness
in limited. In fact, they were hauled off over a year or so and recycled
elsewhere.

Michael
New Orleans, Louisiana USA fermanis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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