Progressive Wednesday

Agua might be the answer.

July 2nd, 2007 by Matt

We’ve written a great deal about alternative energy. Why? Three reasons:

1. The economics behind alternative energy have the ability to boost our economy.
2. Global warming is real, and burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change.
3. Our dependency on oil keeps us in relationships with countries we’d be better off avoiding.

So, in light of all that, here’s another possible solution to the problem that is our need for energy:

Ever sit by the ocean, and watch a buoy or a seagull bob up and down without end? The energy it takes to move all that water up and down is massive. Prevailing winds, temperature differentials, strong weather and even the rotation of the Earth all contribute to the never-ending crash of waves against the shore, and viewed from a certain perspective, that’s a lot of energy going to waste.

The World Energy Council has estimated that approximately 2 terawatts (2 million megawatts), about double current world electricity production, could be produced from the oceans via wave power.

Wave power might just the future of energy production. The oceans are a gift we’ve been blessed with, and we haven’t fully realized their grandeur and the ways they might save our days.