"The Other Mike" wrote in message
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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?

Agreed by who?