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I forgot to check solar on this Winter's day, but right now it's windy, (my fence is damaged) and wind-power is close to max capacity, contributing 30% of demand. That's more than I expected. Impressed. |
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I forgot to check solar on this Winter's day, but right now it's windy, (my fence is damaged) and wind-power is close to max capacity, contributing 30% of demand. That's more than I expected. Impressed. |
I'm slightly obsessed with that website but today (locally anyway) the air is fairly calm and the Winter sky is blue with high, wispy cloud. Wind power 24% of demand, but solar... oh dear, 0.65%. |
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For the same reason we are sticking windmills up. Ecology.
Hydro power is ecologically bad according to the tree huggers. If we built the Severn barrage we would have power coming out of our ears from the high tide flow in that area. The ecological damage to the estuary would be large enough to totally wipe out certain species of plants and wildlife.
Look at the damage the huge damming projects have done in the past. Hoover dam, Aswan dam, some of the stories from China defy belief with the forced movement of people and flooding 1000's and 1000's of acres of land.
Hydro is not ecologically friendly but it is climatically friendly.
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Yeah, I hear you.
All those water wheels the Victorians built totaly ruined our water courses & devastated the wildlife for all of us future generations to come.
So why don't we do it today?
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Those water wheels made very little power. Enough to run a newly-mechanised victorian mill, not enough for anything like modern demands.
To make serious power out of hydro you need a dam with a reservoir behind it. It's fairly inefficient in terms of land use, and you need to pick somewhere where you already have a valley with a large catchment and a big river. Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of place where we have built towns for the last 1000 years.
Consider the Hoover dam in America. It's massive, and it powers Las Vegas. The problem is, Las Vegas isn't a particularly big city - population of around 2 million, so a bit less than Manchester. The lake feeding the Hoover dam is massive. It's narrow, but 110 miles long. We don't have that kind of room spare in the UK.
I'm also sceptical of the claims for tidal power, because if it was that good it would have been put to serious use somewhere in the world, and all I can find is pilot projects. Anything involving moving parts submerged in the sea ends up with maintenance requirements that knacker the economic argument. It's a shame, because if it worked tidal power would be great for baseload. The sea never stops moving. |
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With all this feverish decarbonising, I wonder when the time will come when we realise we've tipped the balance too far the other way and fucked up the natural world order again.
Sadly, I doubt it will happen in my lifetime, but I would dearly love to see the day we have to start producing CO2, because we arrogantly believe we have some sort of control over nature. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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I see Greta won the Time personality of the year.
Her handlers did a good job but she's run her course now. Approaching 17 she will lose the 'Ah!!' factor soon.
They should sell her and groom the next figurehead. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Rate of change? I still don't get it!
Does it mean we won't be able to adapt quickly enough? Perhaps I lost some brain cells in a mini stroke but I do need educating as to why it's so bad ____________________ CCM 404 DS |
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Hasten the end is the best way. Everyone go grab a 2-stroke ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 136 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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