isn't the problem with wind and sun the efficiencies?
I'm in favour of hydro and tidal energy personally.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:09, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

They should dam the Severn
and fuck the archeologists. I'd rather have power than boring old shit. If it was worth having it wouldn't have been thrown in a fucking river would it!
(Bazongaloid, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:14, Reply)

Speaking as an archaeoogist, I welcome this fucking.
I do, however, object to it destroying my fishing for cod on those cold winter nights by Oldbury nuclear power station.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:16, Reply)

Glow-in-the-dark fish a bit easier to catch?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Self-cooking, too

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:27, Reply)

I'm going to a presentation about the latest severn barrage stuff on friday
I'll let you know what the current thinking is
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:21, Reply)

Perhaps, but that strikes me as a soluble problem.
There's a proposal for a Supergrid, for example, that'd link Saharan Africa, Norway, the North Sea, the North Atlantic, and possibly Iceland with DC cables. This would provide all of the regions power needs in principle. Sure, there's an engineering problem, but there's also good reason to think that it's eminently doable.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:16, Reply)

any engineering problem can be solved with enough money

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:21, Reply)

Yup.
And the Supergrid idea, from what I've seen, would be expensive. But possibly still a good investment.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:22, Reply)

it could indeed be a good investment
unfortunately there would be a lot of politics involved, and hence a lot of politicians....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:24, Reply)