One on One..
Out of any approach tidal power seems to me probably to offer a great deal of hope. But so many of the alternatives are sidelined for various reasons and the problem of needing more energy that does not polute further remains. Sad when one sees projects like the one Glen posted (as well as the solar links) simply not being pushed harder.
I had a little laugh when I read that Glen's post about the wave system shows that it has a desalinator built in... mmm maybe we wont need the nuclear power stations for desalination after all... I know I know too expensive but this is a proto type it is not there to supply all of Australia it is there to show what else can be done when creative Australians get to work on a problem..We are the worlds leading inventors ..did you know that ..more per capita than anywhere else..and that does not take into account any of mine
Maybe an underwater dam is not such a silly idea and I suspect that with a two dam system power generation would be an easy inclusion.
The wave system no doubt does not need to be on a boat but it shows the energy available in a renewable source when one applies some cash to making it work.
Many alternatives are available and the question we should be asking of our Government all the time is why all the alternatives are not followed up.
I wonder if the wave system has received $500,000,000-00 to fund investigation as apparently has the carbon sequestration program enjoyed.. given that it can keep more carbon out of the air than the carbon sequestration move can ever ever achieve
if any disagree thats fine but there are question and issues to deal with besides nuclear power..if the wave system has not received similar support we could ask why has it not received such support..its pretty "real" to my view.. so anyone not considering its application may find themselves being labled "not real"...some alternative energy supplies will be dead ducks and some will be winners, that the way things go.. but to give up because some lobby group leans on you is unforgivable ...those in power forget that voters often dont forgive until a Government has been in opposition for a long long time..
If $500,000,000 has bee allocated to carbon sequestration I wonder how much money has been tagged for other alternatives...must be double that you would think
As if ..someone must have some figures they have come across I would again love to be proved wrong and that I am just a suspicious old fella seeing demons that do not exist.
Up here once there was a 50% subsidy for solar gear for prople with no alternative but petrol generators because of no grid power..that could of helped as a an excellent proto type having a community happy to work out the problems that will be found implementing this new approach.. but the subsidy has been reduced.more folk go with petrol and diesel now , I wonder why??.presumably the Government needs to save money to fund the carbon sequestration investigations..the investigation where to place nuclear power plants, trips overseas by outgoing Premiers to cement the deal already made that we have yet to be convinced will be best for us... give me the strenght to hold back the indignation and pick the pieces of fallen sky out of my brain.
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