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"I gather Mr Trump has been found guilty on all counts. No great surprise, but it will be interesting to see the result of the result."
Yes, the BBC has been blowing its load against the wind all night and through the morning. They finally got the result they believe they deserve. Of course by the time this works its way through the various appeals the BBC will have long moved on and forgotten about their rotten role in allowing democracy to die in the dark.
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- ocean yo-yo = a variant on gravity energy storage, a proven renewables winner!
Pair the system with Hydrogen electrolysers and high pressure H₂ storage = result!
The tanks could swap themselves out and use Hydrogen engines to navigate the precious payload ashore using autonomous AI.
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Robert
I hadn't considered mid-ocean tidal energy slow yo-yos - that's genius, how much is a patent? - who needs a lagoon?
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tomo,
Rooftop hydro might have yielded a bit of energy in Sydney's recent rather wet years. Bit of a nuisance though, having to hold dinner up until the storm is at its peak.
With "floating wind", I wonder if anybody has considered the merits of mixing in tidal energy to make a doubly unreliable hybrid generator.
DaveS,
Like the old Mastercard ads, Hydrogen fuelled crematorium? £1,168,500. Bragging rights with other local councils? Priceless.
I gather Mr Trump has been found guilty on all counts. No great surprise, but it will be interesting to see the result of the result.
Latest econtalk is with Vinay Prasad on the COVID vaccines. No huge revelations to any COVID sceptics, but uncomfortable for the believers. Perhaps the most interesting observation was how the initial efficacy tests were redesigned on-the-fly so that they wouldn't come to a conclusion too quickly. This was so Biden would be announcing their success rather than Trump. That makes it pretty clear that, even in those early days, the experts didn't think the disease was so bad that it should have priority over politics.
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May 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM | Robert Swan
If I read your link correctly then taxpayers have stumped up £1,168,500 for a four-week trial. Nice work for the various consultants involved. But if it helps alleviate Worthing's "climate crisis" then money well spent, I'm sure...
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Robert
Irish politicians seem to be all -in on floating wind
https://emeraldfloatingwind.com/
I'm still a bit disappointed that domestic rooftop hydroelectric hasn't taken off.....
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Superman saves the day (also from Jo Nova's).
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tomo,
Maybe "towing to Norway" is just a cover story and the real plan is to tow them to an unobtrusive spot and scuttle the useless things. Can blame it on a North Sea storm.
A comment at Jo Nova's this morning revealed this brilliant initiative for a crematorium to use hydrogen instead of natural gas for the main event. The next step in sustainability might be to pop the bodies onto the conveyor belt at Drax. Still plenty of ash to give the bereaved at the other end of the process.
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Hywind, the early adopter floating moneypit gets towed in....
https://twitter.com/aDissentient/status/1795825961298272529
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Lock him up! Lock him up!