This is a really exciting innovation because it’s simple and [relatively] cheap to manufacture and run. That means it has the potential to be used worldwide, wherever a country has access to a beach.
I’m really proud that it’s one of ours. 🙂 You can read about the whole thing in the New Atlas article.
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Yes! That’s what made me go ‘wow’ too. Unless we mess things up really badly, this invention could actually make a difference, especially in countries that have long coastlines and short budgets.
Apparently it’s been running for a year and has been working better than expected, whatever that means. I think we’ll need to see them in other applications to see how much power each one will actually generate.
Exactly. And there aren’t too many, completely land-locked countries. Of all the renewables, this one strikes me as perhaps the most useful because it’s the simplest. Doesn’t rely on rare earths or super complicated engineering. Love it.
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August 9th, 2022 at 11:38 pm
That was very cool! There are solutions out there if we choose them. Yay for Australia. 🙂
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August 10th, 2022 at 8:22 am
-grin- Yes and yes! I admit to feeling more than a twinge of pride. Australians are pretty good inventors. 😀
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August 10th, 2022 at 9:49 am
There are several varieties of wave energy collectors, but this one seemed so simple and the lack of moving parts underwater was brilliant. 🙂 Genius.
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August 10th, 2022 at 8:38 pm
Yes! That’s what made me go ‘wow’ too. Unless we mess things up really badly, this invention could actually make a difference, especially in countries that have long coastlines and short budgets.
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August 10th, 2022 at 11:01 pm
I agree. There are solutions out there. I’m curious to learn how the initial installation works out!
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August 11th, 2022 at 8:56 am
Apparently it’s been running for a year and has been working better than expected, whatever that means. I think we’ll need to see them in other applications to see how much power each one will actually generate.
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August 11th, 2022 at 9:32 am
That’s great! The US has so much shoreline. I hope it’s one of the solutions being considered.
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August 11th, 2022 at 9:36 am
Yes, this could be huge here too. Fingers crossed.
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August 8th, 2022 at 2:28 pm
Cool! 😀 … the great thing is so long as we have the sun and the moon and a whole lotta water, this energy source will keep on giving. 🙂
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August 9th, 2022 at 8:00 am
Exactly. And there aren’t too many, completely land-locked countries. Of all the renewables, this one strikes me as perhaps the most useful because it’s the simplest. Doesn’t rely on rare earths or super complicated engineering. Love it.
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August 5th, 2022 at 2:46 pm
It is incredible how innovative people can be when there is a need. Thanks for sharing about this, Meeks.
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August 5th, 2022 at 3:33 pm
My pleasure, Robbie. I know tech can’t and won’t solve all our problems, but it does give me hope.
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August 6th, 2022 at 1:32 am
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August 4th, 2022 at 7:22 pm
Very cool! Let’s hope the idea takes off globally.
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August 5th, 2022 at 8:36 am
Amen. 😀
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August 3rd, 2022 at 2:26 pm
Looks impressive! Let’s hope for enough of such innovations to make an overall difference.
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August 3rd, 2022 at 10:19 pm
Yes, we need thousands of them. Hopefully if they become cheap, every country will be able to afford them, no matter how poor.
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