The Heavyweight Sea Snail

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Posted by michael on Friday April 9, 2004 @04:40AM from the tide-is-turning-on-renewable-energy dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Scotland, like many European countries, must comply with regulations requiring that a mandatory percentage of the energy it uses comes from renewable sources. For Scotland, this percentage will be 18% in 2010 and 40% by 2020. One of the programs in development is Ian Bryden's sea 'Snail' program. The Snail is a 30-ton anchoring device which uses hydrofoils -- wings that 'fly' in the water -- to generate enough power from tidal waves to service 10,000 homes by 2007. This overview contains more details and a picture of a prototype of the Snail with its six wings." There are several mentions of this in UK newspapers and the Scottish government webpages.

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Those Scotts by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Man those scotts can be so hairy! Jesus christ, what is the matter with them? It's like swimming in a sea of hair. As long as you don't sail south for the winter, you should be okay though (at least as far as smelling decent for dinner)
1. Re:Those Scotts by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "sail south for the winter" -- is that slang for a blowjob?
2. Re:Those Scotts by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 05:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I believe it is Scottish for blow job
thir postdd by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

ewfhaiouwhfaiuw!!!!
When I saw heaveyweight... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...I figured it was about USians.
1. Re:When I saw heaveyweight... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 05:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  why did the U.S. steal the term that covers everyone from North, Central, & South AMERICA?
  
  canada has canadians
  mexico has mexicans
  
  People from Italy can't claim to be the sole Europeans, but somehow people from the U.S. are Americans.
  
  btw, can someone explain to me if Soviet Russia and the U.S.S.R. are one in the same (if not today then in 1980)
  
  America and the U.S.A. are not one in the same.
2. Re:When I saw heaveyweight... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 05:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Ok, then ask any citizen of Canada, Mexico, or any central or South American coutry if they are Americans. No? OK, then.
3. Re:When I saw heaveyweight... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 05:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  In 1980, USSR was bigger than Russia. Russia was just one Republic in the Union. (*cough* *cough*)
4. Re:When I saw heaveyweight... by James+Lewis · 2004-04-09 05:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Probably because the US is the United States of America. Most names for people from a country are a short version of the country's name with "an" on the end. Lets not try to read arrogance into EVERYthing having to do with the US...
5. Re:When I saw heaveyweight... by clarkcox3 · 2004-04-09 06:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  why did the U.S. steal the term that covers everyone from North, Central, & South AMERICA?
  Well, seeing as Virginia was the first English colony in the Americas, I see no problem with the people living in the country that that colony eventually became calling themselves Americans (i.e. the English name for people from that continent). Just as I would have no problem with the people living in the countries that came from the first Spanish colonies calling themselves Americanos. What do you suggest people from the United States of America call themselves?
  
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Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

HAHA, silly Europeans, as long as we the US still consumes all the power it does, and as long as we don't care where we get power from (so long as we can invade them if necessary, so China's out but the rest of the world is in), the world is still environmentally screwed!
30 Tonnes by re-Verse · 2004-04-09 04:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Wow - 30 tonne sea snail. mmmmmmm
Does anyone have about 30 tonnes of herbed butter to go with that? /humour
Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 04:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Sorry asshole, you lost. First post was 100% on topic.

Where's my giant snail, oops, sorry, I mean't girlfriend.

- Moomin
Re:Salter's Duck by IrRegEx · 2004-04-09 04:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

1.21 jigawatts!!!!

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first tampons got wings... by Lazarus_Bitmap · 2004-04-09 04:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Now sea snails. Armageddon is coming.

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