One of the most promising new emerging alternative energy technologies is Ocean Wave Generation. In fact in several nations innovative entrepreneurs are competing for the most efficient ocean wave generation machine on the Planet. And best of all these ocean generation infrastructure projects put out no CO2 or atmospheric pollution.
The question is where can we put them? In some countries the ocean front property is extremely expensive adding costs to the projects and this is an issue. The Pacific Ocean has bigger waves than the Atlantic Ocean. But both will work fine.
One of the biggest problems I have seen is that the Coastal Property in the US and all the lawsuits makes it tough to build any infrastructure. The Desalination Plant in Tampa is a perfect example of a great idea gone terribly wrong thru "over regulation," Lawsuits from environmentalists and competing interests who own water rights. It is too bad when you consider all the smart solutions we have.
The United States Government needs to fund prototypes or mini-scale units to be build right away and allow our best and brightest to make small working units that can be fully tested in a swimming pool of some type or a unit on the shore line or off the coast.
http://www.fieldstoneenergy.com/pdfs/WaveE...er%20matrix.pdf
An Online Think Tank was thinking that a good place for full scale unit would be the San Onofre property in California out by the Nuclear Power Plant or putting the unit on the USMC property on the corner and hook into the grid out near San Diego. Good PR for Military and no brown outs as San Diego grows.
Whatever we do in the United States we need to be thinking here and get with the program and launch our Alternative Energy Initiatives into the future with hyperspace efficiency. I hope this article will indeed propel thought in 2007.
"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington