1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fc1oNM6zkM"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/1-billion-lagoon-that-could-be-britain-s-pottiest-ever-green-scheme/">¬£1 billion lagoon that could be Britain’s pottiest ever green scheme</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/1-billion-lagoon-that-could-be-britain-s-pottiest-ever-green-scheme/embed/#?secret=fc1oNM6zkM" width="600" height="338" title="“¬£1 billion lagoon that could be Britain’s pottiest ever green scheme” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="fc1oNM6zkM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Just when it seemed that our national energy policy — alongside defence of the realm, an absolute priority, to keep the lights on — couldn't be managed in a madder or more alarming way, along comes the most bizarre project of all. This is a ¬£1 billion scheme to build a colossal U-shaped stone breakwater, six miles long, enclosing the whole of Swansea Bay in South Wales, containing 16 giant submerged turbines, whose blades would be seven metres across. The idea is that these would be driven by the water pouring through them from both directions by the 30ft daily rise and fall of the Bristol Channel's tides, the second highest in the world.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_u-shaped_breakwater_lagoon.jpg