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KT2000

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7. The US government poured money into

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Feb 9, 2019, 08:56 PM

Feb 2019

all things nuclear, including generation of electricity. These alternatives may get grants here and there but it is nothing like what other sources of energy have been given by our government.

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Wave power: [View all] applegrove Feb 2019 OP

It would be interesting to know defacto7 Feb 2019 #1

Yes because they could go almost anywhere on the coast. I'd like to hear more. applegrove Feb 2019 #2

Quebec Province started using wave generation years ago. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #3

Did not know that. Interesting. applegrove Feb 2019 #4

They were testing it years ago. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #5

Those are tides. There are just ocean waves, the up and down, that are being harnessed. applegrove Feb 2019 #6

And when the tide comes in, the river moves up and down with the wave action. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #8

Wow! I must have been under a rock. Good for Quebec. They are often applegrove Feb 2019 #10

But if we talked about HydroQuebec nationalizing the private energy suppliers guillaumeb Feb 2019 #11

Yes. Quebec does so many things right. The dams do cause a huge methane applegrove Feb 2019 #12

The US government poured money into KT2000 Feb 2019 #7

Yes. It is terrible they are subsidizing fossil fuel. applegrove Feb 2019 #9