Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F1338F4.B3A87C01@blueyonder.co.uk>...
> elag wrote:
> >
>
> > > Me too... And of course the nuclear crud. We also have some design guys
> > > working on water generators which will work UNDER the sea... weird
> > > things which catch the tide or something. It's a big project and who
> > > knows... it could be a winner. (of course you need a sea :O) )
> >
> > That sounds like a good idea.
>
> I've been trying to find images of it but can't. It is a big
> construction with sort of flaps, the current causing the flaps to move
> etc... I also found mention of an underwater power farm planned for the
> River Severn which looks like hundred of underwater turbines.
>
> >
> > >
> > > > > I agree the big dishes do have a strange quality about them.
> > > >
> > > > I worked for a while at a satellite facility in Malaysia where they had
> > > > dishes 7 -8 meters across. At night with just the safety lights on they
> > > > gave one the feeling of being on a far off colony of Earth.
> > > >
> > > Brill. I enjoy getting out and about late at night where the chemical
> > > factories etc are as they are lit up so beautifully. There's also some
> > > facility the other side of the river which has an eternal flame, another
> > > eye opener.
> >
> > .
> > ..er, what are they burning?
>
> I was trying to think and i would have to assume it was gas... but who
> knows?
>
> > > > I wonder if they could disguise one as an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius?
>
> > > :O) As far as I know the globes open... though these may be a new design
> > > and may not need to.
> >
> > I thought they would have to be open, but I was wondering if they used
> > some thin material invisible to the wavelength being received. I've
> > read that this is possible...
> >
> I couldn't see anything on that square one that looked as if it would
> open, so I am going to assume they've found a way to have them work
> closed.
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