Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction

Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by aboardRat4 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:52AM (#46867889)

There is no reason to do long term projects with public funds. Private companies are not subject to the vagaries of democracy and can plan as long-term as they want.

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Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by Sharlin on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:19AM (#46870069)

Uh, okay.

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Re:Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power constr... by fch42 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:27AM (#46870168)

Except funding is not everything that's needed for long term projects. There are other resources - workforce, supply chain integrity, legal entitlements and approvals, etc, that are all contributing to "plannable delivery" of long-term projects. And quite a few of these are very much subject to the vagaries of democracy.

Unless, of course, you assume (the ideal to be) an entirely anarchist business environment where whoever-with-resources can do whatever. Democracy, though, is not that.

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