Using sea waves to generate electricity

[Bayard]

http://www.coppetv.coppe.ufrj.br/media/usina-de-ondas-em-ingles/embed_player

This is incredibly cool and inovative. A renewable energy source. You will need to hit the English translation on the website.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. Cool as heck...

The tides go in
The tides go out
We’ll light up your towns
If you put us out.

[MineralMan]

2. Excellent. Scaleable and simple.

[zipplewrath]

3. Kinda odd

If the constant waves are caused by the trade winds, why not just put up a wind mill?

[customerserviceguy]

5. Rich people

don't like to look at them from their houses on the ocean. They won't like these, either.

[Duppers]

6. Yep but why not both?

[zipplewrath]

7. I'm curious on costs

These thing sound expensive but I suppose they could be very cheap and easy to maintain.

[dameatball]

4. Very interesting. Good for them and maybe the rest of us someday.

[Duppers]

8. Finally, a country using this.

Our eastern u.s. coast is subjected to hurricanes so it'd be impractical here. I read about these models years ago - so glad to see them working.

[corbettkroehler]

9. I Have A Solar Home But Like Wave Energy Better

It is the best option for renewable energy of all because it is driven by the moon, with a gravitational pull unaffected by atmospheric pollution or water saturation.