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Yes, as essential infrastructure it will need to be protected from the 0.1% annual probability flood which will add further cost and complexity given the coastal location. From the SNP government's point of view I think you are probably right that they see this as replacing Hunterston B. In my opini...

Incidentally, the site of the proposed powerstation is also on a SSSI. That's par for the course - Trampling on the natural world. Yep, the plans involve infilling much of the mudflat habitat to artificially create raised land for siting the powerstation. I understand that the SSSI designation is c...

I happen to live a couple of miles from Hunterston so have some interest in this. I am not sure how the article reaches the conclusion that Peel's proposal will be the furthest developed UK CCS project or how it will become the UK's first CCS plant. At Longannet on the east coast, where there is act...

If you have livestock, have you considered using the anaerobic digestion of manure to generate biogas for either/both a generator and/or heating? There is a farm down the road from me that has done this with the intention of powering their dairy. They won't be off-grid though. Someone else more qual...

Well, 1 in 1000 years is probably correct but as Adam2 points out there is a big problem in trying to communicate to the public what that actually means. The media are pretty hopeless as expected let alone at then placing this in the context of climate change. Taking the 1 in 100 year flood (used as...

He went on to say that it was more of a one in a thousand year event - which is a pretty silly statement. What he should have said was that as Anthropogenic Global Warming proceeds the probability of unusual weather events will increase. Yes. And to go into a bit more detail, the limitation with pr...

The latest in the series of regional Transition Gatherings organised in collaboration with Transition Support Scotland is to be held in West Kilbride, Ayrshire on Saturday 11th July. Anyone interested in or involved in building sustainable communities is welcome to come along and exchange ideas, ins...

Not sure if this has been posted before but this is the first time I've come across this. Seems promising in terms of durability and cost per kWh.

Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market

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Anaconda Wave Power Bulging Snake

Looked at the link UndercoverElephant posted to the Indy and also found this article by the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry. (Apologies if this is posted elsewhere.) Oil shortage a myth Explaining why the published estimates of proven global reserves are less than half the true amo...

The Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) consider sustainable drainage techniques, including green roofs, very favourably. They've got a couple of pages of info on green roofs if anyone is interested: http://www.ciria.org/buildinggreener/gr_introduction.htm Also, more i...

I can't begin to express how happy I am at this decision. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that Trump would get his way.... Looks like the Scottish Government are trying to confirm that it was a foregone conclusion after all :evil: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7127760.stm

Hi, sounds like a good idea. I'm pretty much limited to S Scotland - Glasgow would be best for me but Edinburgh/elsewhere would be fine too. Something soon would be good.

29 as well and becoming increasingly doomtastic. Maybe it's the impending 30th, becoming a father and the looming onset of middle age. I'm not that hopeful for the future anymore quite frankly.

I've just spent the last three months studying the legal obstacles for CCS in the EU. I've been lucky to work with some of the greatest CCS minds in the world Cat, have you got any links/references on CCS technology? It's something I know very little about and seeing as it is the likely direction o...

clv101 wrote:potentially the remaining oil can be intelligently allocated to the important things. If there are to be major famines it'll be 'cos we didn't react in a smart enough way

That, I think, is the human quality preventing timely mitigation - collective stupidity