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Offline rangerrebew

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Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on
« on: October 07, 2024, 07:00:45 am »
Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on
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David Wojick
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October 7th, 2024
 
Resources for the Future (RFF) has produced a combined cost benefit analysis for 32 U.S. offshore wind projects now in development. They proudly point to the benefits outweighing the costs by a whopping 14 times. But these supposed benefits are not just exaggerated; they are fabricated. They simply do not exist.

Their lengthy title is “Offshore Wind Power Examined: Effects, Benefits, and Costs of Offshore Wind Farms along the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts”. See https://www.rff.org/news/press-releases/new-modeling-shows-offshore-winds-benefits-to-climate-health-and-energy-bills/.

The analysis is fairly simple which makes it easy to see the fallacies. There are just four basic benefit claims. And of course it is all based on highly questionable modeling.

https://www.cfact.org/2024/10/07/offshore-winds-bogus-benefits-bragged-on/
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Re: Offshore wind’s bogus benefits bragged on
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2024, 09:19:55 am »
When one gets into a shooting war, one does not wish to rely upon offshore energy production like windmills.

In a similar vein, offshore oil and gas production facilities are also exposed.
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