In reply to Lennart Thornros's message of Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:35:09 -0800: Hi Lennart, [snip]
Try "Continental shelf" in English. ;) >Sorry Jed poor or only half translated :) >Part of the North Sea is relatively shallow. It is an extension of the >European continent. Thus it could be called the base for Europe GB etc. >It is known as a base (socket) thus the poor translation. >As it is in the North Sea it is windy and there is no more fish to catch so >energy is the name of the game:) > >Best Regards , >Lennart Thornros > > >[email protected] >+1 916 436 1899 > >Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and >enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass. (PJM) > > >On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The amount of wind energy in GB has to do with that the Brits have the >>> right to a large portion of the North Atlantic and the continental sockel >>> >> >> Sockel??? Typo? >> >> Perhaps you mean the North Sea. That is the best place in Europe to put >> wind turbines. It is very shallow. I read that turbines in the North Sea >> could generate 4 times more electricity than Europe consumes. >> >> - Jed >> >> Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
