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On Monday 28 May 2007 00:06, Adrian Midgley wrote: > Simon Waters wrote: > > As such I think a "carbon neutral" data centre wants to be located > > somewhere with a plentiful supply of (reliable) green electricity, and I > > think Devon is out, unless they build the Severn tidal barrier. > > Hinckley Point doesn't generate carbon dioxide... Erm... isn't Hinkley Point in Somerset? But so is the Severn! As for its pollution point, well, I think I prefer carbon dioxide to what that contains! Wave power is a good green power source I should suspect. Living on the North Cornish Coast as a boy and watching the constant swell crashing onto the rocks, I believe that is a serious contender. Shame that so far it has been very much ignored. > > > I doubt > > Wind farms will hack it, although I guess if it were big enough, and > > sold electricity to the grid when it had surplus.... Wind farms are good - but seem to hit a lot of opposition. Living not too far from one, I can honestly say that I have no objection to them. If they decided to turn the field behind me into a wind farm, I would have no problem. On the other hand, if they decided to open a nuclear station, I would move. Mark (who was campaigning against nuclear power in the 1970's) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html