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Re:Is wind power’s future in deep water? by dmckeon on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:28AM (#24784939)
> There is a ton of offshore oil in Southern California

There was a lot of offshore drilling before 1969, before blow-out protectors were required, until one big spill at the cusp of the environmental movement turned most of the California coast against oil drilling, and anything like it offshore, even, ironically, off-shore wind farms - for now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Santa_Barbara_oil_spill#M...

Re:Is wind power’s future in deep water? by asdff on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:02AM (#24786048)
Ironic considering they still pull oil out of the ground in the middle of residential neighborhoods in LA