Wave farms?

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5. This approach isn't practical...too expensive to operate

All of these gadgets attempting to use wave power will run into huge operating expenses. This will render them uneconomic. We have seen efforts for many years, and we will probably read enthusiastic reports by non professionals. But I'd sit and wait patiently for a commercial development...it won't happen. If these guys go ahead they'll bilk the stockholders and they will not return their loans. In a sense it's like the Chunnel, good on paper but a commercial failure. These tons tend to fail because we do not appreciate the power of the sea.

A much saner approach for these areas would be to consider construction of very sound barriers to use tidal power. But this requires a lot of concrete, and it's not something gadget makers can use to swindle stock buyers.