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angelgonzalesyesterday at 7:59 PM4 repliesview on HN

Does the offshore wind energy costs include externalities of fabricating, assembling, shipping, installing, maintaining and decommissioning the turbines? Does it also include bird losses and whale harms?


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triceratopsyesterday at 9:52 PM

Does the gas turbine include externalities of fabricating, assembling, shipping installing, maintaining, and decommissioning oil drilling rigs? And of shipping, storing, and burning the gas? And the climate change caused by gas leaks? And the harms to humans, the fishing industry, and bird losses and whale harms by oil spills (I know you really care about those)?

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myvoiceismypasstoday at 1:01 PM

The biggest harm to whales is indeed human-based, but more along the lines of being collateral damage from the fishing industry.

thunfischtoastyesterday at 8:32 PM

The project life cycle cost: yes. The birds and whales: no. But neither do the fossil power plants.

bjourneyesterday at 8:23 PM

Yes.