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Old Crank

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27. Don't know. Since this was a pilot project.

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 03:28 AM

Jul 2025

Done to check for feasibility and technology of keeping something running longterm in the ocean. The first unit is always more expensive. Succeeding units and arrays will get cheaper. Just look at the cost of solar panel per out put in the last 20 years.

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This is good news for renewable energy [View all] Old Crank Jul 2025 OP

G.O.P. will hate on this BoRaGard Jul 2025 #1

GOP response, vibrations from turbines killing dolphins. Emile Jul 2025 #2

And are making the whales gay! newdeal2 Jul 2025 #9

And the Dolphins transsexual airplaneman Jul 2025 #16

😱😱 electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #21

😱 electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #20

I get the riff on the windmills, but it isn't silly to expect that some marine impact studies would be done... hlthe2b Jul 2025 #12

However, so called "renewable energy" isn't good news for the planet. NNadir Jul 2025 #3

It was time to wake up years ago MadameButterfly Jul 2025 #4

I disagree emphatically. Nuclear energy is the only acceptable form of energy. NNadir Jul 2025 #6

The opposite is likewise true: the oil/gas industry (esp TX) is increasingly reliant on wind/solar for oil field pumps. hlthe2b Jul 2025 #13

Bullshit. They don't stop pumping when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. NNadir Jul 2025 #14

I never said they did. Bullshit right back to you! Tell it to Reuters and others reporting on it. hlthe2b Jul 2025 #15

Abuse is what pro-fossil fuel posters do, it's their schtick... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #28

Oh, look, it's Mr Atoms. I do reserve the right to change my mind about nuclear power, but not so far. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #23

There are people who care to see, and people who love being blind. I am, of course, know which I have chosen to be. NNadir Jul 2025 #25

nuclear is the way forward purple_haze Jul 2025 #5

It is definitely ONE OF the clean energy technologies we will need to transition to. Think. Again. Jul 2025 #29

Current human population is 8.2 billion. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #7

Bingo we have a winner. The Elephant in the room airplaneman Jul 2025 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 2025 #19

Yep, humanity is overcrowding the planet like an invasive species. Think. Again. Jul 2025 #30

If we don't, nature has a way of doing it for us. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #40

I agree... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #43

Ironically, Nixon was the last president to make a major statement about the population problem. thought crime Jul 2025 #33

Didn't President Jimmy Carter Mtnmama Jul 2025 #8

They were solar water heating panels. NBachers Jul 2025 #11

Yup. 😤 Duppers Jul 2025 #18

I was marching for renewables back in the mid 1980's. Effing Ray-gun. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #22

What is the cost ....... dumbcat Jul 2025 #10

Don't know. Since this was a pilot project. Old Crank Jul 2025 #27

I understand ... dumbcat Jul 2025 #35

The cost is CO2-free, is there any other consideration right now? Think. Again. Jul 2025 #31

If you actually want things built .... dumbcat Jul 2025 #34

I disagree... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #36

Yeah, let's save the world by trashing it. hunter Jul 2025 #24

How is this trashing it? Old Crank Jul 2025 #26

Once upon a time that bit of ocean was a wild place. hunter Jul 2025 #37

So nukes leave no environmental footprint.? Old Crank Jul 2025 #38

Fission works. It's long "off the ground." The technology is well established... hunter Jul 2025 #42

The only other option is to drastically reduce power consumption across the board... Think. Again. Jul 2025 #32

That would be good. Old Crank Jul 2025 #39

Great news... except to the Windmill Cancer Cluster Kooks. Torchlight Jul 2025 #41