Posted by Ann Marie Harmony on March 12, 2003 at 10:31:21:
We are running out of potable freshwater, low cost electricity, breathable air, fuels for vehicles, heading towards a hydrogen economy. Our wetlands are disappearing and beaches, the number one vacation spot the world over,
are eroding. Where do you think the sole majority source solution for all of the above will come from? (barring of course, a safe, clean quantum energy solution).
Practical Ocean Energy Management Systems, Inc. (POEMS) is a California nonprofit dedicated to education, research and international outreach on the zero-emissions cycle of a vast, lowcost energy storage medium and environment that covers over 70% of the earth's surface.
Ocean energy is an exciting and dynamic solution to one of the primary economic, social and
political issues facing the US and other parts of the world today: costly reliance on imported,
fossil-based fuels. Ocean energy is sustainable, "clean," and continuously generated by
naturally occurring forces. Capital expenditure is comparable to traditional power plants
without the ongoing operating fuel costs.
Because water is 850 times as dense as air, ocean currents are much more powerful than the
wind. Mile for mile, various forms of ocean-based energy harvesting can be significantly less
environmentally and socially obtrusive than other renewable forms of energy, and potentially
more cost efficient.