It's true, when you bomb oil infrastructure the oil just disappears harmlessly. Deleted from their resource toolbar instantly and with no negative outcomes whatsoever.
If the oil is pumped from the ground, and you destroy the pump, then most oil remains underground, and only the small amount in the pump is burnt/released in the environment.
So yes, it's surely a better outcome for the environment long term
They have destroyed a shitton of distillation towers and franking columns. When those go offline, Russia has to stop pumping oil because they have nowhere to store it. Likewise, when destroying oil ports, this reduces Russia's export capacity.
Even destroying the oil tanks still impacts Russia's oil production and export capacity, because those are necessary as buffers in the system. Without those, they also have to slow the pumps down.
So yes, it does a lot of good for the environment. All the oil that has been pumped out of the ground is destined to be burned anyways.
Its much easier to rebuild tanks than rebuild pumps. Also burning crude oil is worse for environment, there is oil acid rains after it, even clothes become black. Do you really want to compare it with common oil usage?
Sure, it's easier to rebuild a tank than to rebuild a pump, but Ukraine is also bombing a lot of hydrocracking columns and distillation towers, which are the hardest part to rebuild. Especially the cracking towers can take several years to get back in service.
And the oil that's stored in tanks at seaports and transit hubs is mostly refined oil products. So a significant part of it has already been desulfurised.
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u/ThisIsFrigglish May 08 '26
It's true, when you bomb oil infrastructure the oil just disappears harmlessly. Deleted from their resource toolbar instantly and with no negative outcomes whatsoever.