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  Due in part to continental drift there is a slow natural sinking of the British coastline roughly from the Wash around to Portsmouth. Coastal defences here need a regular updating, the last major works between Sandgate and Greatstone being about 15 years ago. One fairly obvious solution would be to link such work with tidal power generation in order to spread the cost and achieve maximum benefit. Unfortunately, the last I heard about this there were only two universities doing any work in developing this system, there being no profitable sideline in weaponry and disposal contracts as there is with nuclear fuel. Even without climate change this area needs coastal defence (not to mention the major fault line that runs from Switzerland past Dover and through London) so it would be practical to develop a useful, safe and more aesthetically pleasing solution to both coastal protection and power generation. Of course with no vested interests in just saving the land it is just a pipedream.

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