• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    That truck holds way more than 330 gallons. I only drove B-train tankers. They haul more than the one shown, and I’d haul 13,000 gallons of fuel in two smaller tanks.

    I can’t remember how much a single 53’ tank holds, but half a B-train would be 6500 gallons, which is smaller than the trailer shown.

    A more accurate representation would be one of those 4’x4’x4’-ish totes with the metal cage. In fact, that’s probably how it was shipped and this is literally one shipment.

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        4 months ago

        Ah, well there you are! That sounds about right. Picture a pallet with 4 drums on it. Then half that again.

        The picture here is super misleading. Also, how you gonna drive a tanker across the ocean?

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      Why is everyone so terminally literal on the internet? That’s not the actual picture of the shipment. That’s just a truck. For a meme.

      Saying it again. The truck is just for effect. For. A. Meme.

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        4 months ago

        Because it makes it seem like he had a truckload of acid so people go “oh yeah he was definitely dissolving bodies in it,” when that’s probably not the case.

        It’s subtle misinformation, and misinformation should always be corrected.

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          He probably wasn’t dissolving bodies. The reality is that a lot of those girls came from consenting families. Either from poor families who were paid or from families who were already part of the system. Kids of supermodels who were also exploited when they were kids. It’s a cycle.

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            4 months ago

            Yeah, whatever was going on is sick as fuck, I just don’t think dissolving bodies was part of it.

            I dunno, guess I just like to be accurate with my outrage 🤷‍♂️

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        4 months ago

        Those are made from HDPE and can handle sulfuric acid. I’m not sure they would sell sulfuric acid in plastic tanks that are that large though.

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        4 months ago

        Different kind of plastics for different acids. Remember season 1 of Breaking Bad?