These wave power concepts seem terribly inefficient. Admittedly, I don’t consider myself well-educated enough to say that definitively, but I have a little more than a passing interest in the sbject, and I’d like to see some of your calculations, concerning the energy output, to help me understand better.
It seems to me that wind power would be a much better solution, considering that the middle of an ocean is a very windy place (depending on your latitude and proximity to shore); that’s where waves get their energy in the first place.
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These wave power concepts seem terribly inefficient. Admittedly, I don’t consider myself well-educated enough to say that definitively, but I have a little more than a passing interest in the sbject, and I’d like to see some of your calculations, concerning the energy output, to help me understand better.
It seems to me that wind power would be a much better solution, considering that the middle of an ocean is a very windy place (depending on your latitude and proximity to shore); that’s where waves get their energy in the first place.
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