PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoTesla headquarters spills gallons of lime-green liquid into Bay Area streetwww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down15
arrow-up1315arrow-down1external-linkTesla headquarters spills gallons of lime-green liquid into Bay Area streetwww.sfgate.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up143·edit-21 day agoThe headline saying “gallons” doesn’t really imply “550 gallons“ which was the actual amount. That’s a lot of pollution.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·22 hours agoYou know those giant white plastic cube storage tanks that hold 1000L? They dumped the equivalent of two of those full of toxic waste.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours agoI wouldn’t go so far as to call it toxic waste but fuck anyone pouring industrial chemicals into a storm drain. That’s embarrassing for such a wealthy company.
minus-squaretreadfullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 hours agoWell, 12 gallons, contaminating 500 that they pumped out.
minus-squareAstronauticaldb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·21 hours agoA better way to put it would to say quarter ton, since that’s what it really is
minus-squaredogma11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·20 hours agoIf it’s weight is anything like water, 550 gallons would weigh near 2.5 tons
minus-squareAstronauticaldb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·19 hours agoOh, that’s right! I forgot about volume!
The headline saying “gallons” doesn’t really imply “550 gallons“ which was the actual amount. That’s a lot of pollution.
You know those giant white plastic cube storage tanks that hold 1000L? They dumped the equivalent of two of those full of toxic waste.
I wouldn’t go so far as to call it toxic waste but fuck anyone pouring industrial chemicals into a storm drain. That’s embarrassing for such a wealthy company.
Well, 12 gallons, contaminating 500 that they pumped out.
A better way to put it would to say quarter ton, since that’s what it really is
If it’s weight is anything like water, 550 gallons would weigh near 2.5 tons
Oh, that’s right! I forgot about volume!