Heathrow

[Flyfisher]

Frankly, lagoons or barrage - I don't much care which. I just wish the powers-that-be would stop endlessly talking about it and get on and do something.

Absolutely. I'm sure I remember some sort of 'Severn barrage' being discussed when I was at school. Regardless of one's view on global warming et al, it must surely be a good thing to generate electricity from a non-polluting renewable source. Just do it.

 

[Penners]

Having made my slightly impetuous statement above, I must say I share Biff's view that lagoons would appear - on the face of it - to have a more moderate environmental impact on the estuary. I wonder whether they would generate as much power? I suppose the answer to that question depends on how many of them are constructed.

If any.

 

[middi]

Quire right,.... just get on with it

 

[plumbers mate]

Servern Barrage?
Let's save the planet by ddestroying it?
Can't quite see the logic in it.

 

[Jon Maine]

I think the general opinion is that if we carry on procrastinating and doing nothing we rapidly destroy the planet. If we make a few choice now which will have an impact but go quite some way to relieve the major situation its not an easy choice but seems to be the lesser of the two evils.

 

[Penners]

Servern Barrage?
Let's save the planet by ddestroying it?

I'm not sure I follow your logic, there, PM.

 

[Flyfisher]

Back to Heathrow, in light of recent events we've obviously not been thinking creatively enough. Scrap the third runway and land aircraft on the Thames instead.

 

[MdB]

Scrap the third runway and land aircraft on the Thames instead.

Didn't you hear? They tried that at New York on Thursday and found that the Hudson wasn't the best solution for an additional runway....

(One hell of an impressive landing / rescue though)

 

[Flyfisher]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/hudson-crash-landing-still-better-than-heathrow-200901161514/