Forget tuition fees, how expensive is Diesel now

http://www.pelamiswave.com/

Its a good sytem pelarmis. There is a small set up off portugal that has run for a year or two – one is going in off shetland next year.

Its a good wave energy generator and has some good advantages. Its highly modular if some highly stresssed components so should be cheap and easy to build and maintain in large quantities and so far seems reliable. It looks very hopeful but its still early days – I want to see it survive a couple of winters off Scotland yet.

Long way from powering cars with it tho

bump for teh glitch

It’s interesting that this debate has focused on the cost aspect of mass personal transport. If a new alternative, clean fuel is developed that is as useful as the current liquid hydrocarbons we’ll still have the problems with congestion. Somethings got to give, no amount of technology, rephasing of traffic lights or similar will enable the road network to cope with every single occupant of UK having their own vehicle and having the “freedom” to use it as they want.

We’re all going to have some interesting choices to make…