I wonder how much research has been done about taking that energy out of the oceans

Well, a lot

It’s a new field compared to fossil fuel energy

i seem to remember some research about it being terrible for corals... but meh... corals....

Canada has a lot of tidal energy

also think about the poor surfers who lose all their waves 😛

UK doesn't really have corals, does it?

of course it does

I was under the impression that they're NOT very far up north.

After a few minutes of googling

Nothing about corals BUT

The vibrations can affect some ocean animals navigation lol

But there isn’t really any conclusive evidence on it

https://www.power-technology.com/features/tidal-energy-advantages-and-disadvantages/

The clean and compact part is interesting

Tidal power station is TINY for the amount of power it can produce

I think it was the long snaky ones that were the problem

Maybe, I’m trying to read about corals but I can’t find much

i guess they might have put a cork in those ones

Well, I think it makes a lot of sense to pursue this in the UK, lots of potential

I still think they should look into the cumulative effects of warming if we cover the place in solar panels... thats a lot of energy no longer being reflected off into space

It seems ideal for a small island

I want to see more nuclear too, lots more

I highly doubt it has any significant effect on warming.

Green area expansion alone will be way bigger in iteslf.

since earth is greening pretty fast

right but you could say that about a few molecules of co2 emitted from your car driving to work... the whole point is that its a tiny tiny amount... but all adds up over the years

I'm not talking about "my solar roof", I'm talking about solar in general.

I doubt it has any significant effect

its already evident that urban areas are way warmer than the rest of the country.. its only going to add to it... in a small way, but cumulative

That's more about bad water retention than anything else.

Since everything quickly flows into the sewers.

I thought tidal was hard to properly maintain

similar problems to salination plants?

I think when it comes to nuclear, most people are "pro" nuclear... but dont really want the plant in their backyard

figuratively speaking

Wind provides the cheapest source of energy

https://twitter.com/CCHQPress/status/1195303929879379969?s=19

I'm so glad the tories have learned to have decent social media presence this time

Their social media has been pretty meh bh

It's a lot better this time