Oregon Wave Energy Trust Gets Funding

The article "A grand plan for solar energy" in Scientific American, Jan '08, is a real eye opener. I know we can't sell the Bush administration on it, but getting this going in '09 should be a national pfriority. Read it and comment, please.

<p>This may be an urban legend and perhaps someone in web-land has some first hand information on the subject.</p><p>Many years ago, a wave energy device was prototyped and tested.&nbsp; They were, if I remember, called bobbing ducks and they were long cylinders with a cross section looking much like a comma (the puntuation mark).&nbsp; As the waves hit them, they were pushed over and then bobbed back and the motion between the &quot;duck&quot; and its moring was used to extract energy.</p><p>The proposal went to the ministry for approval and some clerk, when doing the calculations, made a decimal error, making it look as if the ducks were an order of magnitude less effective.&nbsp; The idea was scrapped and by the time the error was discovered, people had moved on and the idea never revived.&nbsp; Anyone have first hand information.&nbsp;</p>

william, it sounds almost like the polarmis wave power device they are using in the UK and spain