Pavlak, Borlick & Christensen-Lewis: Is Offshore Wind a Prudent Way to Decarbonize?

Do Maryland’s stewards realize that they are investing $8.3 billion to procure electricity with a probable market value of $3.3 billion? Decarbonization is an unprecedented challenge in both its political and system engineering complexity. America’s engineers have used science to build some amazingly complex systems, but their methodology is incompatible with Maryland’s political management structure. While policymakers are skilled at representing the will of the people, they lack the discipline required to set rational goals and the experience to develop complex systems.