Driving an offshore pile - GIF

**hemmjo** · Jul 4, 2023, 07:03 AM

I bet the whales, like that, BANG, BANG, BANG!!!! Not tonight honey I have a head ache!!!

I think we can assume from the background that is for a wind farm. Just magine all of the carbon released making all of that steel to drive into the sea floor. Not to mention all of the other necessary operations necessary to bring one online. Maybe wind power is necessary. I do believe we need to explore all options, rather than rely on one or two. BUT, DO NOT claim that the purpose is saving carbon emissions.

**bob_3000** · Jul 10, 2023, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

BUT, DO NOT claim that the purpose is saving carbon emissions.

The upside is it only has to be built once compared to constant burning of whatever is burned to create energy.

**hemmjo** · Jul 10, 2023, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by bob_3000

The upside is it only has to be built once compared to constant burning of whatever is burned to create energy.

The downside of the “up side” is by the time that carbon used to build it has been compensated for by generating “carbon free” power... that will be worn out and obsolete.

Once again, I am not saying don’t build them. But build them where they make sense. It is also not valid to claim they save the environment. They just create different issues.