Friday, September 28, 2007

Unit 2: CBA and producing power on the Severn

This BBC article says the Government is going to re-examine the possibility of producing 5% of the UK's energy needs from the Severn tidal surge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7013068.stm

The actual report is summarised by the Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/02/renewableenergy

a) Explain how a CBA could be used to decide which, if either, of the 2 proposals should be put in place
b) Comment on how dependable the result of the CBA would be to decision makers
c) What else would decision makers take in to accout as well as the results of the CBA?

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