The Possibilities of Waves

Filed in International by on August 29, 2011

Hopefully one day soon, our sea horizon will be dotted with windmills. And while people are trying to get that done, others are looking toward the waves. As New Scientist reports, the ocean provides some awesome energy levels.

Heaving water holds 40 times more energy than air moving at the same speed, and sea states change more slowly than breezes, making it easier for utilities to predict the availability of energy. Yet the tools needed to make use of the sea’s energy are gargantuan.

Several startups are looking into ways to harvest this energy and some of the devices are quite interesting as well as big. Most prevalent of the devices are long cylinder objects that float in the ocean and convert the movement of the device into electricity.

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  1. jason330 says:
    August 29, 2011 at 11:16 am

    CRI loves coal but says that the future is in splitting atoms.

    “A single third generation nuclear reactor could meet Delaware’s electricity generation shortfall with clean, reliable, affordable power for the next sixty years.

    New modular designs offer improved safety, faster construction, and lower initial cost than older power plant designs. Over 100 such plants, many to be built by U. S. companies, are planned worldwide.”

    It would be comical except for the fact that these CRI nutbags have the backing to influence policy.

  2. Geezer says:
    August 29, 2011 at 11:59 am

    Nuclear is a short-term solution at best. The world’s supply of uranium is more limited than its supply of oil.

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