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t1_itf32bl wrote

Does this have some kind of strategic advantage for them? Like extending their territorial waters or something like that?

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t1_itf8lxi wrote

If people haven't noticed, energy independence is a very strategic win. Look at Europe right now with Putin cutting off fossil fuel exports. They may step in and offer energy to other countries at a steep cost? Then there is the continued existence factor as we are seeing record lows and high temps, droughts and massive floodings, famines and other climate events, ocean warmings, glacier meetings, sea life population collapse like the 12 billion snow crab population down to 2 billion in the last 2 years, etc. Lots of long term benefits to helping stave off further ecological disaster, and if anything pull more energy from the increased winds.

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t1_itgg4tf wrote

It's not just Europe. It's Haiti, the USA too. Energy independence is also related to gas & crude oil. Even the USA, which consumes more gasoline than it can refine itself with current capacity is one major natural disasters (or sabotage) away from a transportation catastrophe.

It's wild to me how short-sighted people are.

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t1_itg9251 wrote

Also resiliency, stoping those generating power with a single drone hit as Russia does with power plants in ukrania is impossible

also if the poles are fixed to the ocean floor it may act as artificial riffs helping the local marine ecosystems

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t1_itf8j98 wrote

Uhm yeah no. China is in a pretty bad energy crisis right now. Rolling blackouts and shutting down of factories. That's why they are building them

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t1_itfw21c wrote

175km out from Chaozhou is pretty clearly on the Taiwan side of the Taiwan Strait, though, for what it's worth.

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t1_itg4cuo wrote

They are building a windpark because they need energy. But the location was probably chosen to have a stronger claim on Taiwan and its surrounding waters.

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t1_itgtpxt wrote

Once the takeover of Taiwan is complete I guess they will just build a massive wind farm out of Taiwan island.

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t1_itf4m6q wrote

If they haven’t invaded Taiwan by the time they start building they will move a huge naval presence in to “protect” it.

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t1_itr13b6 wrote

They already move huge naval presences around Taiwan without any windfarm to protect. You underestimate the will of China to retake Taiwan

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t1_itfrlmb wrote

Those wind farms, with their high poles, spinning blades, and all that steel, must wreak havoc on radars. Easy to slip a few fighter jets and commence an assault run on Taiwan.

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