You’d probably site them on higher ground outside of the flood plane. Add in flood walls, etc. if storm surge is a concern
When the damage is presented in spreadsheets and charts its easy to ignore the cost, especially for those pushing the piles of money around.
I’m from a big wind state. It’s absurd to me how unpopular wind farms have been among rural folk. It brings jobs and revenue and has a relatively small land foot print. I just don’t get why people don’t like them, except for culture war stuff :/
Nuclear could be useful in applications that need a high energy load on-site, like steel, cement, and nitrogen production
I definitely recommend looking into some of Dr. Fowlers history, he’s such a cool person and his work with Crop Trust was so cool.
Poplars and willows are fairly fast growing. Plus there are perennial grass feedstocks