The Ocean as our Power Source

Today’s post is looking into the abilities to harness power from the ocean without destroying it, harming it, changing it significantly, or otherwise impact it. When looking at this approach, it becomes obvious that the current discussion about the Gulf oil spill and all the consequences our previous activities in the oceans have had are relevant.

Instead of using the ocean as our garbage collector, i.e. the plastic patch in the Pacific, the place we run the risk of spilling oil that we otherwise refine and burn to send the CO2 into the atmosphere from which it rains down onto the ocean together with other chemicals and harms its organisms. I addition, the CO2 leads to an increased speed in glacial melting, which I turn reduces the salt content of the oceans, potentially impacting many of the species living there.

Today I invite you to take a look at new options, including Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Wave Action energy generation, the Wave-power-Station, which, if applied everywhere could cover 40% of current global power demand, and an idea now being put into reality off the North Sea coast of Germany – the Ocean Wind Park.

I hope you enjoy and learn from what the video shows and let many other people know about this and other content here. Please comment and let me know what you think