RuachDelSekai

RuachDelSekai t1_itim0vp wrote

Reply to comment by JustWhatAmI in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

I know it can be done relatively safely but inevitably there is always some sort of accident or spill. Also, offshore rigs built in "developing countries" with looser regulations create a literal ecological hellscape. But I'm also of the opinion that humanity needs to phase out the use of petroleum products. Big oil and the global auto industry have a literal chokehold on human society. The crisis in Venezuela, the crisis in Haiti, are all either directly because of or exacerbated by breakdowns in the petrochemical supply chain. Even the United States doesn't have enough refining capacity to handle its own gasoline consumption. Like I said, I'm no wind power expert. I don't know what the long term or second order or third order impacts are to having massive wind farms everywhere, but I can't imagine that it's anything close to the the risk of our dependence on oil.

By the same token, I'm also extremely worried about the safety of marine environments and our continued destruction of our oceans. I have literal anxiety thinking about what the state of the world might be in 200 years time. I fear for my children and my children's children and I worry that there won't even be a world where they'll be able to enjoy the same level of relative freedom that I've been able to enjoy in my life due to ecological collapse.

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RuachDelSekai t1_itgg4tf wrote

Reply to comment by clintCamp in China is building a 40 gigawatt offshore wind farm, the biggest power plant in existence by mutherhrg

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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