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Underwater Ocean Currents Used to Power Bermuda
Saevio writes to tell us The Royal Gazette is reporting that Bermuda is planning to sink a power generator off the coast to take advantage of ocean currents. The company providing the service, Belco predicts that they will be able to provide approximately 10 percent of the island's energy needs. From the article: "The 150ft long deep sea generator with a four-blade turbine inside would cut Belco's dependency on oil and also benefit the environment by cutting future fuel emissions, he added, stating that the company needed to increase its generating capacity before 2010. Mr. Madeiros, who hailed the technology 'mind-boggling', said: 'This is cutting edge technology, not used anywhere else. One can't help but get excited by this technology.'"
Has there been any study on the impact this causes to the ocean currents? Could too many of these cause the current that keeps Europe temperate to stop? I doubt one plant will have that much effect, but I worry about the people who think that just because there are no emissions, there is no effect on the environment. That energy must be taken out of something.
...what powers Bermuda now?