The lagoons would allow you to avoid having to perfectly synchronise on tides. The problem is that they would never get built. The opposition to them would be too fierce. Solar and batteries is much … (View Post)

You could also run various industrial processes to coincide with power from a tidal system. (View Post)

Er no. The variation can be designed into your tidal pond system, so that the rated power for the system is based on the lightest tides. This costs very little extra in the system - in most places th… (View Post)

The large amounts of money involved, is what convinces me. A regulation is a promise, in some ways. The government makes a promise that if you are honest, all is good. It is also a promise to defend … (View Post)

The process is a part of the problem. I’m quite convinced that some of the *new* cladding being put on buildings is made of fire lighters. The 10,000 pages saying they aren’t is a comfort blanket. Ba… (View Post)