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Offshore Wind Resources Could Meet 25% Of US Demand (cleantechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Offshore Wind Resources Could Meet 25% Of US Demand::Offshore Wind Resources Could Meet 25% Of US Demand

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Salt water is a bitch. It will corrode though everything, especially moving parts. It's not that we couldn't do it, but the maintenance cost makes it unattractive.

[โ€“] reallynotnick 1 points 1 year ago

Make it all out of whatever offshore windmills are made of (ok I say this half jokingly because I honestly have no knowledge in this area)