Ok stop whistling, I don’t mean these guys. In a recent post I suggested that the future of renewable energy ought to be on site production for autonomous buildings. This of course SHOULD be the future. However, given our propensity towards oligarchy and the necessity for us little people to pay bills, it doesn’t seem that it is an attainable goal at the moment.
Yet, that doesn’t mean we can continue to work towards a better and cleaner tomorrow. So I had this idea that I felt I would share with you. After reading Christopher Mims‘s post on Grist here, it hit me. Why not begin retro fitting aging oil rigs with giant wind turbines and solar arrays? We could decommission their drilling operations and refit their decks with wind turbines and solar panels. The challenge then being the transport of the power ashore. But if there is to be a massive ramp up of offshore wind power why not use existing structures as opposed to creating new ones? Whats the sense in reinventing the wheel? More importantly, I’d take an off shore wind/solar farm over one of these ANY DAY.
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change