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Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

That’s just sad.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would like to think these sites can be used for multiple purposes.
Id prefer no new oil sites, tho. It's a cash grab to try and make the economy look like it isn't failing, at the expense of literally everyone

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 19 points 6 months ago

Allowing oil and gas extraction within a wind farm tends to create issues involving feeder lines and high-voltage electrical transmission needing to cross each other on the seabed. The US has gone out of its way to ensure that offshore wind farms are in areas without oil and gas extraction for this reason.