Letter: Your Say - Why ignore water power?(Letters) From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: January 25, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Coventry Newpapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Peter Ward

I CONCUR with Keith Hart (Your Say, January 15) regarding wave energy, but another source of energy - water power - seems to be ignored.

As recent weather has proved, this island receives a lot of rain. In the upland areas of Britain billions of tons of water tumble into the rivers.

More than 120 years ago, Lord Armstong created the first electrically-lit house in the world at Cragside in Northumberland, all ...