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Tidal Power a Reality

Posted by michael on from the turn-turn-turn dept.

updog writes "Here's an interesting story about a city in Norway using an underwater turbine to generate electricity. It doesn't produce much power (300kW) but maybe it'll pave the way for these types of power plants. Maybe one under the Golden Gate someday??"

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  1. Ok that's just cool by just+another+cynic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imaging a beowolf cluster of these!

    *ducks and runs*

  2. GNUs you can UZE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can throw out your sheets after you piss the bed, and no one will be the wiser...

    GNU/Hurd will never be released at any time. ANY TIME

  3. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ... a Beowulf cluster of these?

    Thank you.

  4. Nice but by MichaelPenne · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    it's too bad all these little clean energy projects can't somehow pool their resources into building a few orbital solar satellites.

    Tidal power will no doubt make sense in some areas, esp. where political or cultural factors make the increased costs (over fossil or nuclear) palatable & the local coastal conditions are right.

    But it seems a better long term solution would be to combine the money and the political will into orbital solar, which has the potential to be cheaper than fossil, cleaner than tidal/wind/ground based solar, etc., and reach just about everywhere on the planet with the same basic technology.

  5. Japan cracks down on unlicensed used-undies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Japan cracks down on unlicensed used-undies salesman Japanese police have arrested a man for selling used female underwear without a licence. Le Kang Sing runs a shop called Final Fantasia in Tokyo's trendy Shabuya district. It is alleged women would come into the shop, undress and sell their underwear to waiting men. Police say the South Korean man set up an Internet site to attract customers and ran a database of more than 1,800 schoolgirls willing to sell their undies. The 43-year-old was arrested because he did not have a licence to peddle second-hand goods.

  6. Re:I meant "imagine" by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Great, so now I don't just look like a troll, I look like an uneducated troll...."

    When you really think about the alternatives, I would prefer to be an uneducated troll as opposed to being an educated troll. The latter would mean that I was JohnKatz :-P

  7. Heh eh ah ha eh by arcadum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    On How Stuff Works If you didn;t get it.

    1. Re:Heh eh ah ha eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    2. Re:Heh eh ah ha eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hmmm, how about this one?

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