So off sure wave capture won't get objectors ? I'm not so sure, how many miles of coast line do we need to replace our other energy sources? If it's as much as Australia we could have a problem and out tides may be reliable but not generally very large, surfing is rare off the Lancashire coast were the fracking gas is.Psamathe wrote: ↑29 Sep 2022, 4:58pmYou have listed a narrow range. Arguments like wind power when the wind isn't blowing or solar power at night are historic - storage. And as you say, we are an island and thus we have a lot of coastline and we also have good reliable tides that flow at different times at different bits of the coast. Tidal power does not obscure views or anything so difficult to see why you'd get a large contingent objecting.jois wrote: ↑29 Sep 2022, 4:50pmThey tend to have an issue with the dark and a lack of wind and more of an issue that many people believe them unsightly, on shore wind farms are I think baned, miles and miles of solar panels don't look great either. I'm sure their are objectors to off shore farms as well. Nuclear get most people hot and botheredPsamathe wrote: ↑29 Sep 2022, 4:26pm
Increasing domestic gas production will not lower the price of gas. Gas prices are set internationally and does anybody believe the fracking companies are going to sell their gas to UK much cheaper than they could internationally because it's extracted from the UK?
If we want cheap energy and energy security then we are better off investing in renewables.
Ian
What ever the actual answer is both to energy security and price which are slightly different issues a large contingent will object, probably much the same contingent will complain about all of them in either general terms or NIMBY terms.
We are sat on a island of coal with it seems substantial gas reserved in the rock and more as yet untapped in the North sea, it seems some what ungreatful to the god of tectonic plates not to use some of it
NB oil is a renewable energy source, just saying
You suggest burning hydrocarbons because we have plenty/ Maybe you haven't heard but that is destroying the climate planet wide with devastating impacts (including on the UK) so to continue such practices when we have non-polluting alternatives is just beyond daft.
Ian
And how big do these batteries have to be to supply the whole country if it's a cold dark wind free fortnight ?
I'm not greatly convinced by the climate change we are all going to boil to death in our own juices argument to be honest.
But carbon capture technology could be used if your of that mind set