I'm an engineer and engineering
has got far too bad a reputation
for producing ugly and boring things.
But have a look at this.
It's absolutely beautiful
and it's a crying shame now
because today something like this
will be done with a 10-pound sensor
and a small computer program
running on another 10 pounds worth
of electronics.
And the beauty of this sort of thing
is just a vanished art.
And we see it everywhere
in this power station.
The majesty of it
is really quite overwhelming.
It gives a real sense of pride
and enthusiasm and hugeness
and colossal voltages and currents
and sparks and explosions
and all the things that brought me
into engineering in the first place.
