On 20/10/2012 14:29, Doctor Drivel wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Anything that prolongs
te essential fraud that is renewable energy is worth burning a few
bob at to make a story out of. Because if people actually understood
that renewable energy really doesn't work at all, they would be riots
in the streets with people demanding their money back and the head of
the polticians who 'believed' in it.

Tripe.

Tidal lagoons are viable. Britain should lead the world in tidal
lagoons. It is largely a matter of dumping rock in the sea on an
unprecedented scale. British engineers can manage that and the British
Isles geography is the best in the World for such an undertaking have
high tide range shallow seas surround it. It involves moving about 2500
million tons of rock from Wales to the Irish Sea. To create tidal
lagoons to supply 100% of Britain's need for electricity The numbers
are staggering but possible (a entire heavy train can move perhaps 500+
tons of rock so about 4 or 5 million train loads are needed). Domestic
waste can be used being compacted between walls of rock. This will solve
the waste problem for a number of years. Bridges can be on the walls
running to the Isle of Man and Ireland. Fish farms can be inside the
lagoons.

The UK then be 100% electric in all: trains, trams, vehicles, heating, etc.

Funny that, I thought heavy (by which I mean, really heavy) trains had
gone above 20,000 tonnes up to around 100,000 tonnes gross weight at the
extreme. Even in the UK we have trains over 4000 tonnes. Seems awfully
heavy if it can only carry 500 or so tons. So you can cut your
trainloads by quite a margin.

--
Rod