A Tow From Stalham To Brundall - End July

[EdwardCharlesMitchell]

" " What a beautiful elegant boat good luck with the tow " "

Thanks so much for your words! Really appreciate.

[kpnut]

2 hours ago, Mouldy said:

eco warriors that glue themselves to the roads in protest of our use of fossil fuels, protested about the adverse ecological consequences of building such a barrier.

Frankly, I’m not sure that they’re capable of logical thought.

That’s the trouble with ‘eco warriors’. They see it all from one side of the argument, whereas an ecologist just looks for patterns. 
it’s a bit like the fish/otter argument. 
Fishermen say there are fewer fish and more otters so it must be the otters eating the fish. Eco warriors and ‘conservationists’ say otters used to be there and the fish didn’t die out, so can’t be the otters eating the fish. 
And ecologists note that there are fewer fish. They note that there are more otters. But they observe and don’t assume an increase in one is causing the demise of the other without evidence. They then set up controlled experiments to refute or accept the hypothesis that there is no correlation between the two happenings. 
a bit more true ecological thinking and a bit less opinion would help policy making no end. 

[grendel]

3 hours ago, kpnut said:

I have no idea why water power, be it tidal or river current, isn’t more widely being progressed, probably to do with funding and govts inclinations. 

hydro power the issue is mainly getting a good head of water to power the thing, unfortunately most uk locations dont have the streams running down from the hill on the property.

this is well explained in this youtube channels  hydro projects

https://www.youtube.com/c/KrisHarbour

he also does a lot of solar to power his off grid workshop from which he runs a business supplying full hydro solutions for off grid, well worth a watch if alternative power interests you. he does live in wales, so hydro is a real option there with all the hills.

[FlyingFortress]

29 minutes ago, grendel said:

hydro power the issue is mainly getting a good head of water to power the thing, unfortunately most uk locations dont have the streams running down from the hill on the property.

this is well explained in this youtube channels  hydro projects

https://www.youtube.com/c/KrisHarbour

he also does a lot of solar to power his off grid workshop from which he runs a business supplying full hydro solutions for off grid, well worth a watch if alternative power interests you. he does live in wales, so hydro is a real option there with all the hills.

Yes Wales 

With hills endless rain but for South Wales the second highest tidal range in the world.

13.5 m IIRC.

Big plans for harnessing that power in Swansea Bay. 7 miles of stunning coast.

Barrier across the bay with turbines installed so flood tide powers the turbines slowly on the flood. And then massive kinetic energy available when the tide is low. Just like hydro Power available when the grid is low .

Smashing idea.

But of course we have to go for environmental disastrous Lithium powered cars instead.

Lithium mining poisons an area in China The size of Wales every year.

But don't worry about that when you are driving your evvirome ally friendly Tesla or Prius.

It doesn't effect us.

Rant over