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Isle of Islay: 100% Tidal Power

8 pointsby mathewgjover 15 years ago

4 comments

brgover 15 years ago
How long until stories about the potential for danger from harnessing tidal power. Not serious problems such as coastal development impacting with the ecology on the coast. But far fetched worries such as how harnessing the ocean's power will result in global changes to the temperature of the ocean or dramatically affect plate tectonics by reducing currents.<p>New technologies always have a news cycle that goes from celebratory to fear-mongering within a matter of weeks.
defenover 15 years ago
Nice to know that all that money I've spent on Laphroaig over the years is being put to good use.
mathewgjover 15 years ago
I definitely think that traditional single-malts produced with renewable tidal power is a better marketing angle than traditional single-malts produced with nuclear power.
wlievensover 15 years ago
Funny, I never heard of this island until yesterday evening when somebody was talking about all the whiskey made there.