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Gann
11/19/08

In reply to Searaser Wave Buoy Can Generate, Store Enough Power For 470 Homes
Power 470 homes for how long? It's a meaningless number. Since this thing runs the generator on potential energy from water stored over time, once that reservoir runs out I wonder how much output this unit will have by itself?
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frigg
11/19/08

In reply to Searaser Wave Buoy Can Generate, Store Enough Power For 470 Homes
Go Searaser Go!!! / vroom vroom
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Kaiser-Machead
11/19/08

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And then, 1 week later:

The elusive and endangered emofish, once thought to be mythical, has been discovered to turn suicidal at the sight of the Searaser wave buoy. Animal rights activists are now calling for the dismantling of any Searaser prototypes in operation.

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Curves
11/19/08

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Good news unless there is some environmental down side. Hydro power goes back thousands of years and may be our future. Everything old is new again.....
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ypctx
11/19/08

@Curves: haven't you people seen the Southland Tales movie? Because of capturing the tidal (or hydro) power:

"The rotation of the earth is slowing down at a rate of point zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero six miles per hour each day, disrupting the chemical equilibrium in the human brain, causing very irrational criminal behavior!"
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Curves
11/19/08

@ypctx: No, I hadnt seen that, but, it explains a lot.
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