Re: Price of Milk
You take MW out of the water, yes it will have an effect. But what I'm trying to say is the islands are merely specks in the vast Pacific. One degree of difference going out a few miles will translate into a large swath of ocean. So I think there's plenty of waves for power and for surfing. Let's say positioning these machines to the east or west of Oahu so it only affects waves going though the channels, instead of the waves that would be hitting the North Shore for instance.
As for flat surf, I poorly explained my position. I'm trying to say these machines are designed to absorb power from very little waves, as little as a foot, to large waves. I'm not much of a surfer but I think we get decent waves pretty consistently. How often do we literally get no waves?
Asking hard questions is great, because if the idea can take those questions, then it means it stands a good chance of really being a solution.
Here's the power matrix of the machine. I don't pretend to be an expert on it.
http://www.oceanpd.com/Pelamis/Powermatrixgraph.html
"Ideally the Pelamis would be moored in waters approximately 50-60m in depth (often 5-10km from the shore)."
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You take MW out of the water, yes it will have an effect. But what I'm trying to say is the islands are merely specks in the vast Pacific. One degree of difference going out a few miles will translate into a large swath of ocean. So I think there's plenty of waves for power and for surfing. Let's say positioning these machines to the east or west of Oahu so it only affects waves going though the channels, instead of the waves that would be hitting the North Shore for instance.
As for flat surf, I poorly explained my position. I'm trying to say these machines are designed to absorb power from very little waves, as little as a foot, to large waves. I'm not much of a surfer but I think we get decent waves pretty consistently. How often do we literally get no waves?
Asking hard questions is great, because if the idea can take those questions, then it means it stands a good chance of really being a solution.
Here's the power matrix of the machine. I don't pretend to be an expert on it.
http://www.oceanpd.com/Pelamis/Powermatrixgraph.html
"Ideally the Pelamis would be moored in waters approximately 50-60m in depth (often 5-10km from the shore)."
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