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Oil hole

  • It kills the planet but it’s ok because it’s convenient

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Oil exist in the ground and it’s natural occurrence makes this acceptable

    Votes: 17 23.6%

  • It’s all good. You put in a material to act as a filter.

    Votes: 8 11.1%

  • No… just no

    Votes: 39 54.2%

  • Bacon is the absolute stupidest option and was only funny one day back in 2002 and needs to die

    Votes: 13 18.1%

  • Water and oil don’t mix… it’s all a scam

    Votes: 7 9.7%
  • Total voters
    72
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Does this contaminate the ground in an unhealthy manner or contaminate the aquifers?

What’s the consensus?
 
cj3a said:
Why, it’s so easy to get rid of.
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If your view is so myopic or you lack the imagination to come up with a valid answer to your own question…. It says something…..
 
The solution to pollution is dilution. Heavy metals don't go away, as long as you are using a household and not industrial amount, you won't generate enough to be an issue.

I use to be a few hundred feet from a community well thing or whatever, managed by the city.

We were a "critical area" because it counted as a 50 year migration period from whatever heavy metal I dropped to the supply system. They are already fighting the natural amount and don't want any "more"

It would've been fine.


I have the same opinion on coolant as well.
 
Is it better to contain it into thr ground or is it better to burn it and release it via smoke to on top thr ground, variously?


It is comedy when people think it's a sin to bury it but just fine to burn it :rasta:
 
I got some old Army surplus Jerry cans that were full of dirty orl at an auction. Had old holes from an infestation of ground squirrels in the vacant lot next door so I put a big funnel in a central burrow hole and poured 15 gallons or so of oil in. They didn't come back for several years and I don't see them or rabbits as much in that lot so I call it a win.

We're in a city water not well area and the weeds seem to grow the same as they always have so I see no harm any which way. I've done it with old dirty wore out antifreeze a few times too with the same results.
 
A support bearing on drive shaft every 20' or is it 10 feet ?

M92PV4U said:
Wait until you find out what they use as lubricant for the bearings in a hollow shaft line shaft turbine motor.
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Provience said:
Is it better to contain it into thr ground or is it better to burn it and release it via smoke to on top thr ground, variously?


It is comedy when people think it's a sin to bury it but just fine to burn it :rasta:
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I burn some oil poured on wood in my garage woodstove in the winter too, got all the bases covered. I burn plastic bottles all winter too, when they say most plastic ends up in landfills I say "not mine". :laughing:
 
If it's dino oil I have no issue with it at all. The synthetics that are everywhere however we don't have a history to look back upon to know what will happen with them.
 
cj3a said:
What the fuck
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It’s not always “so easy to get rid of”. It’s OFTEN a pain in the ass. If you can’t see a scenario where disposable is problematic you lack…. Something.

Maybe myopic was the wrong term, maybe not… but naive for sure.
 
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200-250 ft.

I expected bearings at the ends and in center of a 20-25 ft section.

Rubber (water cooled) bearings or sealed ball bearings


M92PV4U said:
Depends on the stretch tube length.
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PAE said:
200-250 ft.

I expected bearings at the ends and in center of a 20-25 ft section.

Rubber (water cooled) bearings or sealed ball bearings
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They have bronze bearings at the stretch tube connections.
 
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In small amounts it's not going to hurt anything. Pretty quickly going to get diluted to the point of being unnoticeable, and a considerable amount will get immobilized in various ways within the soil.

Now, when the local oil change shop is dumping 100 gallons a day that way you might have a bit more of a problem.

Interesting fact, I've had various tractor issue dump decent amounts of hydraulic fluid places in the hay field and the grass is noticeably greener in those spots.
 
your poll is flawed
needs a "all my food is cooked in chinese sewer oil or nigerian transformer oil" option
 
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SomeGuy said:
No point anymore, recycling it is better. And yes, it's bad for the environment and despite the climate cult which can die in a fire, I still care about the actual environment and natural resources.
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I recycle it, in the winter
 
M92PV4U said:
You mean before it got extra hydrocarbons and heavy metals?
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Where do you think they get that stuff? Everything comes from nature. Just because it went through a lab doesn’t make it from another planet.

sdmuleman said:
Interesting fact, I've had various tractor issue dump decent amounts of hydraulic fluid places in the hay field and the grass is noticeably greener in those spots.
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I’ve noticed this too. I’ve purposely poured some scrap oil on grass I wanted dead. It killed it for a bit, but it seems to come back with a vengeance.
 
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