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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Norway: World’s biggest floating wind farm will power oil and gas platforms

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Norway: World’s biggest floating wind farm will power oil and gas platforms

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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World’s biggest floating wind farm launches off coast of Norway
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Oil giant Equinor is behind the project, but renewables still make up only a tiny fraction of its total energy production.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1892428

Archived version: https://archive.ph/4MsGA
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825151203/https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/23/norway-worlds-biggest-floating-wind-farm-will-power-oil-and-gas-platforms

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      I was making the same face when I read this. Dafaq?

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    I’m not sure how to feel about this. Renewables for any use is a win, I guess.

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      I guess those would be powered by non renewables traditionally so this isn’t dissimilar to normal wind farm usage really

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      The oil companies wanted to build a nuclear plant in my about 15 years back. Would have services about a million homes and industry. Public opinion shut it down.

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    This is stupid but entirely understandable when you look at how Norway makes money.

    They want to clean up their own emissions at the same time as they export petroleum everywhere else.

    Source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway

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      It’s not stupid. The country they’re selling oil to is going to be using oil regardless of who sells it to them.* And now Norway has reduced their own fossil fuel usage.

      (*Unless enough of the world as a group chooses to not sell oil, which makes oil become too expensive for that other country to buy.)

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        You’re right. Basic economics. Given climate change though, I’m more interested in countries like Norway investing in policies that grow environmentally responsible industries rather than simply reducing a small part of the emissions of antequated and polluting ones.

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      They said to nationalize the whole industry when conccesions expire in 2028.

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    Is there a fediverse nottheonion out there?

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      !nottheonion@lemmy.ml
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    you’re doing it wrong

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    Well, that’s not ideal, but the oil and gas platforms have to be powered by something. They’ll exist either way, but without these turbines they’d be powered by oil and gas.

    Power demand is power demand. If we get all precious about who can use our wind power, they’re not just gonna go “ok, I guess we’ll shut down these oil rigs” 🤷‍♂️

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    this reads like The Onion

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