From the Folks Who Brought You Offshore Drilling...
Remember this shot?
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina we were inundated with images of chaos and destruction. Yet, this particular photograph- of an offshore oil rig driven into a bridge- really reminds us just how powerful these storms can be.
So, that is one reason why we get a little worried when the oil industry talks about hooking up fish farms to these giant floating platforms.
Besides the boatload of reasons why offshore aquaculture will not solve the world’s fish protein deficit, anchoring net pens to oil rigs - well, you get the picture.
Unfortunately, however, the oil folks have done the math, and affixing fish farms to old rigs means oil companies don’t have to pay to remove their decommissioned facilities. Since removing deep-sea oil rigs costs tens of millions of dollars, (unless of course a storm removes it for you), you can understand why they might be anxious to leave their rigs in the water.
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