338- Crude Habitat

<p>Santa Barbara, California, is a famously beautiful place, but if you look offshore from one of the city's many beaches, you'll see a series of artificial structures that stand out against the natural blue horizon. These oil platforms are at the center of a complicated debate going on right now within the environmental community about the relationship between nature and human infrastructure.</p> <p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=27894&amp;post_type=episode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crude Habitat</a></p> <p>99% Invisible’s Impact Design coverage is supported by <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autodesk</a>. The <a href="http://www.autodesk.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autodesk Foundation</a> supports the design and creation of innovative solutions to the world's most pressing social and environmental challenges. Learn more about these efforts on Autodesk's <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/redshift/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RedShift</a>.</p>