From MAURICE BARKER
‘Will Britain turn its back on wave power?’ (This Week) and the feature
‘When the tide comes in . . .’ (both 2 January) complement each other, as
wave power units installed off threatened coasts would lead to a build up
of new beaches giving natural protection.
If saving on coastal defences is put into the equation, the balance
is tipped in favour of wave power, which looks a better bet than covering
the countryside in ugly wind-powered generators, or burning finite gas reserves
for power at about half the efficiency of burning direct.
Maurice Barker Barton on Sea, Hampshire
