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Aug 25Liked by Melanie Newfield

Great summary of the problems of tidal power, thanks. I never knew what happened to that 2011 proposal and now I do.

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Thanks Jean. I didn't realised that we'd had proposals which had advanced so far.

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https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/12/can-tides-turn-the-tide/

In this post from 2011, Tom Murphy makes a good case for tidal contributing maybe 1% of global energy needs, although it could be much more regionally or locally.

One such project is right in my back yard: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1214436

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I learned about tidal energy from Sir Alan Mark and Wise Response. NIWA still has some web space on it. https://niwa.co.nz/coasts/tidal-energy-optimisation

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