| Re: proposed Severn barrage
The tidal range in that area is one of the greatest (difference between high and low tide) in the world - hence the amazing Severn Bore. This is the attraction I think of building the barrage there. There are various plans further down the coast in West Wales to construct floating lagoons as a means of using tidal power. These are less efficient but don't have a negative effect on local wild life.
I agree that the answer is to reduce energy used. I notice that even Lidl are now selling small emergency generators and that the price of these is coming down. I assume that these are petrol or diesel driven though.
I'm still not entirely happy about the development of nuclear energy(see earlier discussions) The waste just has to be efficiently handled. We will never be without radio active waste as the health service genarates so much of it. If I remembe correctly the last problem in this country with radioactive waste was when a road vehicle, carrying waste to bury, leaked some of its contents across quite a large area.  |