$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cable from North Africa

Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by jnsaff2 on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:26AM (#35091485)

I urge you to pick up and read Desert Solitaire[0] and reconsider your 'wasteland' statement.

Benefit/cost might be there, but for a project costing 22B it would be sensible to study and quantify.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Solitaire

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by Felminor on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:51AM (#35094288)

As depressing as it is, better destroying that env than the more rich env

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by Rebelgecko on Friday March 10, 2023 @07:04PM (#35103183)

IMO as a planet we should try to move beyond that sort of colonialism. Yes the UK is a richer country, but that doesn't make their ecosystem inherently more valuable.

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by Felminor on Saturday March 11, 2023 @03:44AM (#35106629)

I would say more diverse because the weather allows it

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by jnsaff2 on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:33AM (#35132346)

One could argue that the environment in UK is already destroyed, why protect that instead of something that is still relatively untouched?

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