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why not repurpose those rigs into housing? there are refugees looking for homes, or 1%ers that want to live where there are no refugees.
by jlebrech 10y ago
why not repurpose those rigs into housing? there are refugees looking for homes, or 1%ers that want to live where there are no refugees.
- ericd 10y agoThere's probably some nasty stuff on there... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time-i-tried-to-buy-some-crude-oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time...
- cr1895 10y ago- going offshore to a rig is not something that's done lightly; often getting there involves a helicopter trip, for which every passenger has had a multiple-day training course (HUET+BOSIET). This training costs a lot, and obviously the helicopter transit costs a lot too. It's also risky. - these rigs being decommissioned are quite possibly structurally less safe and have not been upgraded or designed with the safety features of more modern rigs - there's limited accomodation space Or, if you were suggesting that they might be repurposed once near/ashore: - there's plenty of existing disused space that could be converted to housing; - decommissioning often means breaking the rig into pieces to be brought to shore, so the expensive cleaning and reconfiguration necessary to turn it into a shelter might not even be possible with a bunch of rig "chunks"
- DonHopkins 10y agoWell they've repurposed dinosaurs into gift shops, so why not oil rigs into homes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabazon_Dinosaurs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabazon_Dinosaurs