Peter Hain: Time Government realised 'immense' potential of barrage

“If only the governments invested as much into Fusion as they had other things, like Defence. The Americans are very close to breaking even (power in/power out) with laser compression, yet they haven't spent a fraction of time researching that as other have the Torus variant.”

“Stork

I'm on first name terms with Tony Blair? Afraid not. Thankfully I've never been introduced, formally or otherwise, with the man that gave us the lunatic Scottish chancellor, the war in Iraq, the Dangerous Dogs Act etc.

About the only thing he is innocent of is giving us Peter Hain, who was parachuted in to the Neath consituency by the Welsh windbag Kinnock to await the death of the sitting MP Donald Coleman”

“Tidal Lagoons are much more efficient and cheaper and easier to build, than a Severn Barrage. Enough Tidal Lagoons could also generate "more juice".
Everybody knows that there are the equivalent of three large nuclear power stations' worth of energy, flowing up and down the Bristol Channel twice a day. Everybody also knows, that we know the height and times of the tides for just about ever, that is until the Moon stops orbiting the Earth.
Anyway Peter, you also knew that, when you were on first name terms with the well known multi millionaire, Tony Blair.
So why didn't you do anything then ? No Severn Barrage directorship on the horizon then ?”

“As much as im in favour of renewable energy, the cost to wind life with this project would be far to great. Spend the money on more wind turbines would be a better answer.”

“I think it is time that Hain recognised it is time for him to retire from politics to enable hime to spend more time with his sunbed”

“At last a glint of common sense coming from a politician, Peter Hain, over Energy Policy. Most electrical generation is sourced via TURBINES whether they are steam powered from steam produced via Nuclear heat or Coal heat or Oil heat or Gas heat. The super heated high pressure steam goes through the blades of a turbine and it is the differences between MASS X VELOCITY going in and that coming out that creates the kinetic power drive to the generators. Hydro from rivers or reservoirs or the tides work on just the same principle producing power via the MASS X VELOCITY equation. It's also the same with Wind Power but with two big differences :- (1) Wind is about a thousand times less dense than water (and much slower than pressurised steam) - so Wind is a thousand times less powerful in the MASS X VELOCITY equation, and also (2) wind is so erratic that you cannot rely on it. It's very simple basic science, but that's beyond the grasp of nearly every Politician. Well done Peter Hain. Have you been to evening classes to study middle school GCSE Science recently? If so please take all your Political friends with you to the next class. Oh I forgot, there is a third factor - wind is four times as expensive as most other energy sources due to public massive subsidies it reaps from all our pockets. Lastly before you mention Solar Panels, they are also erratic and less than 10% efficient in our weather and could rarely boil an egg! Please politicians everywhere - get real on energy policies.”

“Going to live around the Severn Estuary area are we Vain? No of course not...Why don't you go away you're a ..... nuisance!!!”

“Why not start small & back the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, to prove how cheap & reliable tidal power is, unlike the pathetically unreliable & expensive wind power requiring a tax on all our bills.
This could generate on both ebb & flow tides unlike the Severn Barrage which for some reason will only generate on ebb tides.
http://tinyurl.com/65b9qlj”