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You mentioned offshore wind, is offshore solar not a thing? Seems it'd be rather easy to float a farm of them...easier than floating a giant windmill, at least
by silisili 2y ago
You mentioned offshore wind, is offshore solar not a thing? Seems it'd be rather easy to float a farm of them...easier than floating a giant windmill, at least.
- pvaldes 2y agoChina would find an excuse to attack anything put in "their" sea.
- huac 2y agoshouldn't there be more clouds over ocean, as that is where the clouds tend to form?
- metaphor 2y ago> Seems it'd be rather easy to float a farm of them Geopolitical threats aside, I imagine floating a farm would be the least of challenges[1]. [1] https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/80/1/1520-0477_1999_080_0067_tatcua_2_0_co_2.xml https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/80/1/1520-04...
- gomerspiles 2y agoGeo location aside, putting things off shore is really a way to drive up cost such as maintenance like mad and it makes even less sense when you are working with large surfaces rather than something designed around having height and wind tolerance.