Tidal Barrier

[mikey4444]

The BBC don't say where this tidal abbrier is....does anybody know ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/38617337

[Hopkirk]

With tidal lagoons the initial cost is massive, but running costs are expected to be very low. With nuclear the initial cost is massive, with huge future costs.

I think it would be a good investment.

[Khandro]

I think the Chinese will build it and make huge profits

[Peter Pedant]

Nichty Hull
Swansea I thought

you need high tidal rises the year round

the rise means that the water can be let out and made to do work
when it falls to a lower level

and the first one was St Malo ( 1965) or thereabouts
and you can show it will never be sustainable
I dont know why the media is ignoring this side of the reportage

the current plan ( pun intended ) is spread over 120 y
and STILL costs more than coal options

[Khandro]

PP; //the rise means that the water can be let out and made to do work
when it falls to a lower level//

It's better than that, it generates electricity both in and out

[Zacs-Master]

But does it stop the rising tide of Muslims Khandro?

[Togo]

//But does it stop the rising tide of Muslims Khandro?//

No but it "generates" dive hurt schitty.

[New Judge]

“I think it is the River Humber Judge.”

‘Fraid not, Togo. It’s on the river Hull. (In fact, as an aside, although it’s often referred to as such, arguably the Humber is not a river at all but a tidal estuary leading from the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Trent to the sea. Where those two rivers end (at Faxfleet) the Humber begins its short journey to the open sea.)

The barrier is designed to protect the city of Kingston-upon-Hull (to give Hull its proper title) from tidal surges which come up the Humber and flood into the River Hull which goes through the heart of the city. The barrier is a few hundred yards north of the point where the Hull joins the estuary at a place called Myton Bridge. The River Hull is only about 30m wide at that point. The Humber estuary is roughly 3km wide in the same area. (The famous suspension bridge just upstream is 2.2km long). That would be some barrier!!!

I may not know much, but I do know my UK geography :-)

[Khandro]

Zacs; //But does it stop the rising tide of Muslims Khandro?//
I'm afraid not, but when their dinghies arrive, they will be able to walk around the barrage into Swansea and go straight to mikey's

[Hopkirk]

To add the confusion the local city isn't really called Hull. It is actually Kingston upon Hull.