It's anchored to the seafloor. Also surely we have the technology to hold a pipe in high sea, as this is what petrol platforms are doing.

sgt 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Waves and weather can literally make concrete attached to rocky shores go flying... so one must not underestimate those forces.

anotheryou 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

platforms are on stilts, no? Quite different from floating. But yea, seems doable.

There are floating platforms as well if the water is too deep for stilts.

	▲	anotheryou 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		ah! ty