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To: StanX Long who wrote (58602)	1/10/2002 1:53:50 PM
From: mitch-c	Read Replies (3) of 70976

OT - waves, cars, and power The thought occurs to me that if you examine a thermo cycle diagram of such a thing, you'll find many small (comparatively inefficient) fossil fuel engines providing that power. The drag caused by inductive generation has to come from decreased mileage of the vehicles. TANSTAAFL. The reason large electrical power plants exist is economies of scale - they're more efficient. The potential that wave (or wind, geothermal, or regenerative braking) schemes have is that they capture energy that is otherwise "wasted" unproductively. The challenge is concentrating it, converting it, and storing it as usable power. Sorry for pricking the idea balloon ... - Mitch

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