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alanferrier

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I live in Glasgow and my hobbies include arranging my CDs in alphabetical order, discovering new and exotic whiskies, sheep-spotting and flying my kite.

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alanferrier, to random
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Fixed that for you, New Statesman.

Fun fact: England is the only country in the world to have fully privatised its water and sewerage systems.

Via the Financial Times: "Scotland—which has its own state-owned water company—massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia."

alanferrier, to random
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A typical nuclear reactor produces about 1 GW of electricity.

The Pentland Firth alone has the potential for about 4.2 GW of tidal stream power.

Waiting for the naysayers to ask me what we'll do when the moon no longer orbits the earth.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148113005466

alanferrier,
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@lostsettler Short answer: no. Long answer: also no.

alanferrier,
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@lostsettler Tidal drag actually increases the height of the Moon's orbit. It slows the Earth's rotation transferring angular momentum to the Moon. This increases the Moon's orbital energy while decreasing the kinetic energy of the Earth( However the vast majority of the energy lost by the Earth is lost as heat.

Tidal energy extraction would very slightly increase this effect, slowing the Earth more and increasing the Moon's distance. But we're talking about a minuscule increase.

alanferrier, to random
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Scotland neither wants nor needs a new nuclear power station. England needs a new nuclear power station, but they just don't want it in England.

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