On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:50:48 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Jethro_uk
wrote:

I would have thought the best way to harness tidal power is to have a
reservoir fill up somehow[1] at high tide, and then use the outflowing
water to drive a turbine.

[1]I may have spotted the flaw here

This reservoir of which you speak: where will you put it?

It has previously agreed that we need to flood Scotland, all of it, to what was
it 200 metres?

With Alex Salmond and that gormless female sidekick in concrete boots chained to
the bottom of Loch Ness, it demonstrates Scotlands contribution to the green
economy.

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