http://polizeros.com/2008/04/23/scotland-offers-20mn-prize-for-renewable-ocean-energy-ideas/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/23/scotland-offers-20mn-prize-for-renewable-ocean-energy-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-152118 DJ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:37 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/23/scotland-offers-20mn-prize-for-renewable-ocean-energy-ideas/#comment-152118 The U.S. also has excellent tidal potential, with the largest tides in the world occuring in Bay of Fundy, ME. The U.S. also has excellent tidal potential, with the largest tides in the world occuring in Bay of Fundy, ME.

]]> http://polizeros.com/2008/04/23/scotland-offers-20mn-prize-for-renewable-ocean-energy-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-152105 John Couzin Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:37:20 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/04/23/scotland-offers-20mn-prize-for-renewable-ocean-energy-ideas/#comment-152105 Scotland is probably fortunate in so much as it has a lot of islands on the west coast and most of these have fast tidal movements around them, it is windy most of the year, it is well suited to hydro power. We already produce more power than we can use and export to England. We certainly don't need to think of nuclear though the London government seems intent on going nuclear and some of their nuclear power stations will be placed in Scotland unless we can stop them. Scotland is probably fortunate in so much as it has a lot of islands on the west coast and most of these have fast tidal movements around them, it is windy most of the year, it is well suited to hydro power. We already produce more power than we can use and export to England. We certainly don’t need to think of nuclear though the London government seems intent on going nuclear and some of their nuclear power stations will be placed in Scotland unless we can stop them.

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