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Alternative Energy: Power Via Coastal Wave Motion.
lavalamp writes "Scottish company Ocean Power Delivery has developed a sectional-torpedo-looking-thing as a means to transform the raw fury of the sea into electricity! I'm curious to see what happens when another drunk Exxon captain plows into a field of these things. They just secured a 8.6m (usd) in funding to continue research and build a large scale prototype." The company has won a contract to produce a 750kw "plant" off of the scottish coast and has an mou to produce a 2Mw project off of the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. While this is far from being free energy, it is a pretty interesting way of deriving power from the tides. A side benefit is that surfers will finally be able to rail like their boarding cousins.
Well, considering Hazelwood wasn't at the helm I suppose it'd be a first if it happened. Why is it that environmentalists looking for alternate power sources have to bash the oil companies?
I swear, it's as bad as the open source zealots going after microsoft. Why can't people just say, "Hey - alternate power cool!" instead of bashing the oil companies? Because, let me tell you, the oil companies are a lot better than Microsoft as far as their antics. Microsoft doesn't have a bunch of hippies surrounding every office building 24/7 waiting to bust them for hurting some fuzzy animal.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
If you care to actually look into it, increased funding in alternative power sources is central to the Bush energy plan. Thank your DEMOCRATIC congressman for working to shoot that down. Quit making up stupid lies to bash the g-dub.
Riiiight. So, basically, Exxon-Mobile gives money to the military to try to stabalize the economy their because they don't want to lose control and have their facilities taken over.
So, if any company (or country) happens to ask America for support and says we'll give you $1M for every month the Army is in front of our base, and then the Army goes and throws people in internment camps then that company is liable? Uh, please step away from the crack pipe.
Basically, you are pissed off that Exxon-Mobil had to give the military money for protection of their outfits. They haven't even been found guilty in any stretch of the imagination of being involved with what went on. I suppose you would feel better if they chartered an entire army to go fight for the unjust people that will be persecuted anyway? No, fuck that. These people are going to be beaten, raped, tortured no matter what. It is not up to a company to help, or hurt either side. It's up to governments. The way I figure it is they are giving people jobs over there, yeah -- life's rough, but it's a whole lot worse if you are unemployed.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
And on another side note -- how many people will die of starvation after losing their job because Exxon-Mobil pulled out their operations.
1. Grow a brain.
2. Use it to see the whole picture.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.