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[bountyhunter] 02/3/2017 11:12

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[steve73] 27/2/2017 02:24

Unfortunately the tide does stop 4 times every days - although at least it's totally predictable. Tidal energy has its place in a diverse renewable future (as does wave energy - which usually relies on wind - although time shifted). But I can see many ecological opponents if estuaries and bays are modified for use as tidal lagoons, as habitat loss for birds, etc, not to mention unforeseen changes in coastal erosion.

I'm convinced that nuclear power has a much larger part to play in the future than we've seen for the baseload generation to replace much of the coal fired stations - at least if we're serious about reducing CO2 emission. But the NIMBY attitude is a valid concern so their location is important. If the eco-warriors don't even want a wind turbine to be located on their local hills, what chance for a nuke!!!

Superconductivity is the ultimate solution... generate power in remote locations and then distribute it efficiently to where it's required.

As the 2nd & 3th world "develops" global electricity demand will increase multiples of current (pun intended) usage, even if we can make major efficiency improvements...

[bountyhunter] 26/2/2017 12:02

on tidal energy...

[bountyhunter] 25/2/2017 11:27

...some interesting posts' re automation I've no doubt that that will continue but I do think AI is overrated - ever since I started in IT (a while ago now!) the future of AI has been hyped and in reality progress has been slower than anticipated. I remember studying 'prolog' years ago which was hyped as the AI language of the future but I don't hear much about that language now.
On pumped water storage I think that facilities such as Dinorwig have great potential in terms of energy storage to provide power at times of peak demand. There is also plenty of untapped potential in tidal energy which beats many green alternatives in that you can't stop the tide, but when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow solar and wind power can't be relied upon so need to be supplemented with energy storage storage and backup.