Comments by "Martin Parsons" (@MartinParsons-tr6wi) on "Real Engineering" channel.

  1. Plants are the greenest way of capturing, and storing the energy from the sun. The by products are too numerous to list
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  2. I've asked the same question myself. Additionally, why not use a hydraulic system to translate the power to ground level ?
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  3. And how come mine is the only thumbs up, and no one has commented to say why that's not a viable point that you've raised ? Vested interests ? Groupthink ?
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  4. What can go wrong, will go wrong. ( Murphy's Law)
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  5. The Irish weren't too impressed with the radioactive contamination of the Irish Sea, due to Sellafield
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  6. LOL. Isaac Newton
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  7. My thoughts. And translate the power to a vertical shaft running down the tower
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  8. It's just occurred to me, the power translation could be done hydraulically
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  9.  @solarsynapse  Extra weight, and mechanical wear at the top of the pillar are significant problems
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  10.  @solarsynapse  And you're not going to stop the use of oil, as it is, it's lubricating, and cooling the existing generating equipment. And oil can have all sorts of sources
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  11.  @solarsynapse  Your last sentence negates the rest of your post
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  12.  @solarsynapse  If it's intentionally designed to fail for profit, then they're not constructing the system in the most efficient way.
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  13. The implications of that could have no limits
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  14.  @solarsynapse  Therefore, it might well make more sense to translate the energy to generating equipment at the base of the structure 👍
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  15. ​ @MarkJacksonGaming  Oil is the normal choice for hydraulic fluid
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  16. ​ @stevefowler2800 I can't believe I'm the only person here who likes your comment. The many potential advantages of tidal power (estuarine) were recognised more than a century ago. Tidal ponds were powering mills long before that. Is it group think, or politics ? I wonder.
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