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Originally Posted by Torplexed
It's always been my understanding that oil trapped in ships sunk in deep water turns almost to a solid in the frigid temperatures. Not much chance of it leaking in that state.
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There's more than just crude oil down there, plus not all the sinkings were at extreme depth, there's plenty of ships sunk in shallows around islands in the pacific from the brutal fighting during WWII. Not to mention places like the north sea which isn't very deep either. Even the stuff which is at extreme depth in a near solid state won't remain contained forever, eventually the bulkheads holding it in will rot and it will be able to get out. Granted it will take some time but it will happen. Once it gets out of the ship, oil is lighter than water so up it comes and our great grandchildren are left cleaning up the mess from a war fought by our grandfathers. This polluted, pockmarked and war torn planet is a hell of a heirloom to leave behind!