• aim_at_me@lemmy.nz
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    13 hours ago

    We have seawater resistant concrete. We don’t need to plastic line it. It’s the turbine that’ll require the most maintenance.

    • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Depends if the spheres require any steel reinforcement; the salt penetrates the concrete and absolutely wrecks rebar. Though I imagine spheres at depth (not to mention with a partial vacuum) can function like an arch and support themselves with compression, which concrete excels at.