Only one place on Earth that looks like that, Gaspe, QC. That's the St Lawrence River.
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quote Originally posted by cliffw: My. That was a lame try. You show me an artist's rendition of an idea and call it settled science. Without answering my other questions. You said this theory has existed for 40 years. 40 years of experience. I asked you, "What experience?" Did you ignore my question, or, do you just not know what you preach about?

Let's have the GIF that I posted, again:

It's just an animated image that I kind of casually tossed into the conversation for some "eye candy." It's from whatever group (I'd have to look it up) is taking credit for developing and installing the world's first floating offshore wind energy project or "wind farm." It says "Based on more than 40 years of offshore experience."

"Based on more than 40 years of offshore experience." That is not to be read as more than 40 years of floating offshore wind energy experience. Just "offshore experience." If you think about "more than 40 years" that goes back to before 1982. It's offshore experience of various kinds. Some of it would be offshore wind energy, but closer onshore, so that the wind turbines are on foundations that extend all the way down into to the seabed. These are not floating offshore wind turbines. They are the currently far more common offshore wind turbines that do not float.

But it's not just wind energy. More than 40 years of offshore experience could (and undoubtedly does) include construction and installation of offshore oil and gas facilities. If not that, it could include offshore construction for container ship ports. Or other kinds of offshore construction. Bridges.

So "cliffw" is not understanding this GIF that I posted, in a kind of offhand manner. He was not understanding it, but now he is understanding it.

This isn't "theory". Floating offshore wind energy projects are already installed and operating, and there is more than just one such project already in operation.

quote Only a handful of mostly small demonstration projects have been developed so far, totalling around 125 megawatts, according to a Department of Energy report published earlier this year. The largest floating farm in the world so far is the nearly 50-megawatt Kincardine project off the shores of Scotland. There are also small projects operating in China, Japan, France, Norway, and Portugal, the report notes. There are big plans to build more globally. The total capacity of projects in the pipeline—including large sites in Australia, Brazil, South Korea, and the United Kingdom—doubled in 2021, to more than 60 gigawatts. The Biden administration has set a US goal of developing 15 gigawatts of floating wind by 2035 and established a program designed to cut the cost of the technology by 70% over that time. (It’s also aiming to build 30 gigawatts of all types of offshore wind by 2030.)

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quote Originally posted by cliffw: My, you are right. Ships had anchors way before 1982. You told us, that you have ridden a horse, one time. To the destination, and walked back. Have you ever been one a boat? There were anchors when man first sailed the ocean blue. Considerably more time than 40 years. Do you not know the answer to the question I asked you?

"Having been on a boat" encompasses a number of widely varied possibilities. But to cut to the chase: yes, I've been on a boat. More than once. I've been on various boats of various kinds on various occasions in various years.

I'm not sure what other question of me you are bringing up here. Is it about this other image that I posted?



I just posted it as eye candy. Wind energy-themed eye candy. I think it's amusing in that way. A very small amusement, to be sure.

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