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It could be a security issue. Wikipedia says that Japan and China frequently have disputes, including over territory. Building a coal power plant will probabl
by dx87 7y ago
It could be a security issue. Wikipedia says that Japan and China frequently have disputes, including over territory. Building a coal power plant will probably be easier to keep safe than offshore power generation methods, considering how close they are to China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China-Japan_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China-Japan_relations
- AtlasBarfed 7y agoWhy? To stop offshore power they'd have to bomb thousands of rotors To stop coal, they bomb three powerplants
- tzs 7y agoFurthermore, Japan imports most of its coal. If relations between China and Japan deteriorated to the point that China was attacking Japanese wind farms, almost all of which would be within 20 miles of Japan's main islands and hundreds of miles from any disputed territory, then its probably to the point that ships carrying the coal imports would not be safe either.