The only issue I see with offshore wind power is the risk to national security if you become dependent on it.
Offshore wind farms opens up a big weakspot where an enemy can just take a sub and torpedo the plants themselves or the underwater cable connecting the windfarm to the gird.
I have never understood why people think that they are ugly, they are actually a bit cyberpunk/sci-fi when you see the advanced modern, sleek structures among the nature.
Tankers are more exposed and there are fewer large oil ports. An attack on them has much more severe consequences and repair is difficult due to contamination.
Well, we are not deciding between perfectly decentralized infrastructure and off shore wind farms, but fossil fuels or off shore wind farms.
Or, more honestly building Windparks and not building Windparks. We might not like that this is the reality but we cannot change that, in my mind.
Same is true and worse for extractive industries and fossil plants. Centralization means juicy targets. This is not considered usually and repairing some power cable is really easy compared to fixing up a well.
The only issue I see with offshore wind power is the risk to national security if you become dependent on it.
Offshore wind farms opens up a big weakspot where an enemy can just take a sub and torpedo the plants themselves or the underwater cable connecting the windfarm to the gird.
I have never understood why people think that they are ugly, they are actually a bit cyberpunk/sci-fi when you see the advanced modern, sleek structures among the nature.
Unlike the totally un-bombable tanker ships and pipelines we use now.
or undersea cables… wait… i’ve seen this movie on the news
guess we should abandon undersea cables in favour of starlink
The difference is how exposed they are.
It is kinda like, would you rather build a powerplant on the border of Russia, or far more centrally.
Both can be destroyed, but one invites destruction faster
Tankers are more exposed and there are fewer large oil ports. An attack on them has much more severe consequences and repair is difficult due to contamination.
Ok, now you have changed the argument, I never said that wind farms are the most exposed and vulnerable of any power infrastructure.
I simply said that being exposed was a problem for wind farms, this does not discount any other issues with other energy types.
Well, we are not deciding between perfectly decentralized infrastructure and off shore wind farms, but fossil fuels or off shore wind farms. Or, more honestly building Windparks and not building Windparks. We might not like that this is the reality but we cannot change that, in my mind.
Change must happen, and quickly and economically.
Same is true and worse for extractive industries and fossil plants. Centralization means juicy targets. This is not considered usually and repairing some power cable is really easy compared to fixing up a well.