{"id":353655,"date":"2024-12-09T18:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353655"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T17:26:00","slug":"nobody-wants-to-build-wind-farms-in-the-north-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353655","title":{"rendered":"Nobody Wants to Build Wind Farms in the North\u00a0Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"418\" data-attachment-id=\"353659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=353659\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00windturbines_denmark_wad.jpg?fit=1500%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t Hugh Sharman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If wind power was so cheap, you would think they would be queuing up to build them:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"349\" data-attachment-id=\"353656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=353656\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-73.png?fit=1024%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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