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grufty jim
grufty jim
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Re: Cover and conserve?
Jun 06, 2003, 14:55
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> What I'm trying to say is, wind power is just
> pissing in the wind as far as green electricity
> consumption goes. Real money needs to be
> invested in wave power, but it just ain't going
> to happen.
>
i don't actually have the time today (sadly) to argue this point; but i'd have to disagree with it. Tidal power is another possible piece in the alternative fuels jigsaw; but it has sever limitations itself.

Also, the idea that wind farms are being chosen in the UK for profit motives doesn't hold up when you examine the accounting (and especially given the huge subsidies provided in Norway and Germany for the same technology).

Every bit of research i've carried out points to wind-power as being far and away the best localised energy solution for the countries on the East Atlantic Coastlines. The maintenance issues with tidal power (brine corrosion being just the most obvious of a large number) make it FAR more energy intensive to run than wind, and slightly more to install (per unit of power gained).

I'm not saying that further research wouldn't lower the ERoEI of tidal power, but the same can be said of wind and solar.
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