http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-12130 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:02:35 +0000 http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-12130 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-49 Wed, 21 May 2008 14:41:06 +0000 http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-49 Hi I am doing my masters journalism project on this issue. I would be very grateful if you wouldn't mind getting in touch with me if possible. I would very much like to add your perspective to my production. Many thanks Hi
I am doing my masters journalism project on this issue. I would be very grateful if you wouldn’t mind getting in touch with me if possible. I would very much like to add your perspective to my production.
Many thanks

]]> http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-7 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:22:19 +0000 http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-7 I sympathise with your views and as usual the Government/Authorities have not considered the environmental problems properly. This is, in my view, because accountants have difficulty in putting costs to damage to the environment. <em>(Comment from moderator: Hello Alan, It's important to know that the Government/Authorities are not the ones proposing a barrage. It is the Severn Tidal Power Group who are behind it and they are made up of developers, including McAlpine and Taylor Woodrow. Those who work there have a duty to their share-holders to maximise profit and so are </em><em><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">shackled</span></em><em> to promoting large engineering solutions where ever they can.)</em> However, in your paragraph "Down on Power" it is incorrect to say the the barrage would not meet the peak morning and evening demands. This will depend upon when the tides occur, for instance today (10 March 2008) the high tides would occur at about the right time. <em>(Comment from moderator: Alan, thanks for your comment, but no the tides are not at the right time on the day stated as the barrage proposal is an ebb generation scheme that could only generate at low tide.)</em> More worrying, is the fact that tidal power and wind power do not provide on demand electricity, so conventional fossil fuel or nuclear plants will always have to be large enough to provide for the periods when renewable sources are unable to meet demand. Therefore, it may not be sensible to invest in very large projects that still cannot meet the demand for energy when it is needed. <em>(Thanks again Alan, for taking an interest, keep in touch) </em> I sympathise with your views and as usual the Government/Authorities have not considered the environmental problems properly. This is, in my view, because accountants have difficulty in putting costs to damage to the environment. (Comment from moderator: Hello Alan, It’s important to know that the Government/Authorities are not the ones proposing a barrage. It is the Severn Tidal Power Group who are behind it and they are made up of developers, including McAlpine and Taylor Woodrow. Those who work there have a duty to their share-holders to maximise profit and so are shackled to promoting large engineering solutions where ever they can.)
However, in your paragraph “Down on Power” it is incorrect to say the the barrage would not meet the peak morning and evening demands. This will depend upon when the tides occur, for instance today (10 March 2008) the high tides would occur at about the right time. (Comment from moderator: Alan, thanks for your comment, but no the tides are not at the right time on the day stated as the barrage proposal is an ebb generation scheme that could only generate at low tide.)
More worrying, is the fact that tidal power and wind power do not provide on demand electricity, so conventional fossil fuel or nuclear plants will always have to be large enough to provide for the periods when renewable sources are unable to meet demand.
Therefore, it may not be sensible to invest in very large projects that still cannot meet the demand for energy when it is needed.
(Thanks again Alan, for taking an interest, keep in touch) 

]]> http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-2 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:21:20 +0000 http://saveoursevern.org/archives/1#comment-2 check out this film online. episode 4 is about surfing the river severn, how the barrage will affect it and what alternatives are available. http://www.onthepush.org check out this film online. episode 4 is about surfing the river severn, how the barrage will affect it and what alternatives are available.
http://www.onthepush.org

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