A turbine being lowered into the East River for testing in 2004. A $1.5 million sonar system is planned to monitor effects on fish populations.
A turbine being lowered into the East River for testing in 2004. A $1.5 million sonar system is planned to monitor effects on fish populations.
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Right now, one can capture energy from the Sun by letting the sun pick water vapor up into the air where it rises, floats over the mountains, cools and returns as fresh distilled water to the ground. There, it can be captured behind a dam and stored as potential energy. That energy can be released on demand through turbines which generate electricity.
Unfortunately, that is happening less and less and more potential energy is being lost because of environMENTAL concerns.
"Oh...that dam will impact the wonderful hiking in the canyon and eliminate our white-water rafting business" says a long haired, maggot infested FM listening environMENTAList."
Good luck on capturing energy from the Ocean.
"Oh, that energy farm will cause stress for migrating whales and ruin our kayaking rental business!!!"
I can hear it now.
Living next to a 40 mile long, 1800 foot deep empty lake with a dam-site built 30 years ago that was never completed.
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Oh no! The capitalists are going to suck all the energy out of the ocean. And, this plan will suck energy from the tides too, which will suck energy out of the moon. Our computer models show that the moon will crash into the earth in just 150 years if this continues.
The devices are very interesting if you like large machines and who doesn't? But, they are not cheap even if the motive force is free.
They've been saying this since the '70s.
