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    #11
    Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post
    We are pretty sharp with wind power technology.

    The Swansea tidal lagoon has promise too. Heck the Severn lagoon is a a great idea.
    Indeed. And https://forums.contractoruk.com/members/diver.html is at the forefront of it....

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      #12
      I think that this is probably what Boris is thinking of:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_in_the_Air



      Or back in 1981:

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/...ransport.world
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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        #13
        Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
        I think that this is probably what Boris is thinking of:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_in_the_Air



        Or back in 1981:

        https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/...ransport.world
        I still want to go the the Warrington Transporter bridge. Drove right past it yesterday. Baby bp refused to stop....

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          #14
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          I still want to go the the Warrington Transporter bridge. Drove right past it yesterday. Baby bp refused to stop....
          Try this, been on it a couple of times now, quite good. On second thoughts don't, it's in Germany

          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #15
            Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
            Try this, been on it a couple of times now, quite good. On second thoughts don't, it's in Germany

            Apparently a very recent one in Docklands. Converted into normal bridge.....

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              #16
              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
              It would be nice to get something the UK could lead the way with. Concord(e) was great - but not developed further.

              The UK had the first digital telephone exchange. Went live for about 5 minutes? Then in the 1980s we ended up getting them from abroad!

              I would like to see the UK lead the world in energy supply - coal, nuclear and renewable. In electric cars. And fusion.

              Sadly the UK usually has great ideas then fails to capitalise on them.....
              Innovation is brought about by ideas, collaboration, and research funding. Brexit will likely make this harder, not easier.

              https://amp.theguardian.com/technolo...powers-future?

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                #17
                Originally posted by meridian View Post
                Innovation is brought about by ideas, collaboration, and research funding. Brexit will likely make this harder, not easier.

                https://amp.theguardian.com/technolo...powers-future?

                We have already paid for the 'grants' so it is more that they will no longer give us back a percentage of the money we gave to them.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by original PM View Post
                  We have already paid for the 'grants' so it is more that they will no longer give us back a percentage of the money we gave to them.
                  I think the point is the UK will portion money for projects as the EU currently does. If anything the UK will introduce more government into the process, not less. Right now it is fairly easy to apply and receive EU funding.

                  As I've been bleating on about for years, the UK is near bankrupt with eye watering debt and an economy that does compensate citizens enough monthly income to afford decent housing. Yet somehow immigrants are to blame rather than the Tories unregulated banking system. There's nothing that can be done to recover the economy but a hard crash of the housing market and a rampant increase of interest rates. Murica is heading the same way.

                  Buy gold now!
                  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                    I think the point is the UK will portion money for projects as the EU currently does. If anything the UK will introduce more government into the process, not less. Right now it is fairly easy to apply and receive EU funding.

                    As I've been bleating on about for years, the UK is near bankrupt with eye watering debt and an economy that does compensate citizens enough monthly income to afford decent housing. Yet somehow immigrants are to blame rather than the Tories unregulated banking system. There's nothing that can be done to recover the economy but a hard crash of the housing market and a rampant increase of interest rates. Murica is heading the same way.

                    Buy gold now!
                    Give me £100 and I will let you 'bid' for £70

                    The other £30 - that was for the privilege of being able to bid.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                      I've been bleating on about for years
                      The only part of your post that came anywhere close to being factual!

                      “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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