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Test buoy for wave energy sinks off Oregon coast
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Posted on 11/01/2007 11:27:45 AM PDT by SoldierMedic
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To: Aquinasfan
Of course ignoring the climate change cost is snubbing Algore, but he is probably able to get over it.
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posted on
11/02/2007 9:47:02 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: RightWhale
How much did that one cost? I forgot... I thought it was supposed to be comparable to the production cost for oil on a per barrel basis, but with pretty low output....
Getting realistic, we’re going to have to be pretty creative to keep up with energy demands, and just one solution probably won’t cut it... so why not try this?
To: eraser2005
don’t know. heard the grant was $10 million.
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posted on
11/02/2007 10:17:01 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: SoldierMedic
They need to find a jetty that creates a reliable riptide and engineer a housed water turbine to catch flow of the returning tide. That way you can work on land, don’t have to get barges to haul stuff out to sea, risk becoming a hazard to navigation, and lose your generator to storms and sinking.
To: SoldierMedic
The company plans to recover the $2 million buoy next spring, when the ocean calms...And they need a bouy to learn if there is energy in the ocean?
To: SoldierMedic
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posted on
11/06/2007 7:07:30 AM PST
by
redrunner
(If there is an unwritten rule, I have'nt read it...)
To: I see my hands
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posted on
11/06/2007 7:09:51 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Have a pheasant plucking day!)
To: MortMan
Oh, I'm sure you've heard it. They're out on the ocean and, yada yada yada, and she says, "Those aren't buoys".
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To: I see my hands
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posted on
11/06/2007 7:54:11 AM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: SoldierMedic; abcraghead; aimhigh; Archie Bunker on steroids; bicycle thug; blackie; coffeebreak; ..
Oregon Ping Please notify me via FReepmail if you would like to be added to or taken off the Oregon Ping List.
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posted on
11/06/2007 8:43:51 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: SoldierMedic
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posted on
11/07/2007 5:05:54 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(If your neighbors habitually trespassed, wouldn't you want a nice tall fence with razor wire on top?)
To: Aquinasfan
The ocean is a difficult environment, corrosive, rough, full of things that will foul nice machinery. The idea has been floated for many years - I read stories in the 50’s (Popular Science) featuring a wave powered electric generator. I guess the ROI isn’t there yet.
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posted on
11/07/2007 5:26:43 AM PST
by
GregoryFul
(is a bear a bomb in a bull?)
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