http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/ International Environmental News for the World Citizen Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:26:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-66572 scottish power Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:21:32 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-66572 Im no expert in renewable tech, but speaking as a native Scot i must say i welcome any new technology which can harness our natural resources to deliver energy for our homes. I would much rather have a series of tidal farms than a new Nuclear Power station any day! Im no expert in renewable tech, but speaking as a native Scot i must say i welcome any new technology which can harness our natural resources to deliver energy for our homes. I would much rather have a series of tidal farms than a new Nuclear Power station any day!

]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-20898 Chris Nelson Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:01:49 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-20898 I guess I'm a blustering American (thanks for the slam, Uncle B), but I thought I was just skeptical. Tidal turbines are not a new idea, by any means, but marine construction of moving mechanical parts is damned difficult in the first place. Beyond that, to my knowledge no sea-powered has yet been designed, developed and deployed that is in any way commercially viable. I look forward to that, but probably not in my lifetime. Finally, in most tidal regions that might deploy such a device, there's still that period of slack tide, approximately an hour or so out of every six, when the tide stops ebbing or stops flowing and prepares to reverse. You may not like coal, oil and uranium electricity production, but I sure do like that I don't lose power for for an hour or so four times a day. Maybe they'd like this in Iraq ... if they had enough coastline to deploy enough of these to make a difference.   Aside from those niggling little observations, I'm sure glad I'm not navigating ships among these pretty little navigation -- and liability -- hazards. Other than the foregoing, it sure sounds like a *super* idea.   And for the record, I don't own any oil, coal or uranium stocks, but I do work for a company that produces coal-fired steam boilers for electricity production. A French company. I guess I’m a blustering American (thanks for the slam, Uncle B), but I thought I was just skeptical. Tidal turbines are not a new idea, by any means, but marine construction of moving mechanical parts is damned difficult in the first place. Beyond that, to my knowledge no sea-powered has yet been designed, developed and deployed that is in any way commercially viable. I look forward to that, but probably not in my lifetime. Finally, in most tidal regions that might deploy such a device, there’s still that period of slack tide, approximately an hour or so out of every six, when the tide stops ebbing or stops flowing and prepares to reverse. You may not like coal, oil and uranium electricity production, but I sure do like that I don’t lose power for for an hour or so four times a day. Maybe they’d like this in Iraq … if they had enough coastline to deploy enough of these to make a difference.
 
Aside from those niggling little observations, I’m sure glad I’m not navigating ships among these pretty little navigation — and liability — hazards. Other than the foregoing, it sure sounds like a *super* idea.
 
And for the record, I don’t own any oil, coal or uranium stocks, but I do work for a company that produces coal-fired steam boilers for electricity production. A French company.

]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-13560 Uncle B Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:16:07 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/30/scotland-planning-to-lead-world-with-first-under-the-sea-turbine-farms/#comment-13560 Tidal power is an unobtrusive and relatively free source of very predictable power! My guess is that the blustering Americans and their oil barons, coal mines and Uranium mines will watch this with chagrin and hope it fails. It will not, and the age of spectacular lies and misleading of the public is over. Technologies such as this will develop world wide, demanded by the population who are now well educated in the facts and no longer easy to fool. Thank You Internet for all the truth you bring us. Tidal power is an unobtrusive and relatively free source of very predictable power! My guess is that the blustering Americans and their oil barons, coal mines and Uranium mines will watch this with chagrin and hope it fails. It will not, and the age of spectacular lies and misleading of the public is over. Technologies such as this will develop world wide, demanded by the population who are now well educated in the facts and no longer easy to fool. Thank You Internet for all the truth you bring us.

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