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<\/a>Underwater Turbines<\/p><\/div>\n
Suppose, in order to harness its power, XYZ Technology\u2122 installs 100 (one hundred) 300 kw (kilowatt) turbines on the ocean floor ten miles off the Florida coast. In doing so, the aforementioned utility is able to satisfy the total electric requirement of, say, 500,000 homes.<\/p>\n
My question for you is this: Does the placement of those 100 turbines affect, to any significant degree, the \u201cflow\u201d of the Florida Current? Do the turbines, for example, stop the flow? Don\u2019t be silly. Of course not. Will 100 turbines in any way diminish the flow? No. The Florida Current, unabated, a thousand times mightier than the Mississippi, will just keep right on \u201cflowing\u201d along!<\/p>\n
Were it in fact the utility\u2019s objective to adversely impact the flow of the Florida Current, XYZ Technologies\u2122 would fail, and fail miserably. Nothing anyone can do will diminish the relentless flow. Weighing in at a persistent 4 to 8 m.p.h. strong, this \u201criver current\u201d has not changed one iota in 500,000 years, and\u2014short of some catastrophic, world-changing event (a dramatic pole shift,* for example)\u2014it will continue flowing for thousands or millions of years to come.<\/p>\n
The Florida Current. Think of it as the mighty Mississippi River. And right next to it\u2014running parallel to it\u2014is another Mississippi River. And another Mississippi River. And another, and another, and another\u2026 You get the idea?<\/p>\n
Just you think about this: The moment XYZ Technology\u2122 completes installation of its plant, bringing all 100 of its turbines on line, what is to prevent Aqua Song, Inc.,\u2122 or IONinnovation\u2122, from commencing construction of a 750 (seven hundred and fifty) turbine \u201cenergy complex\u201d in the area immediately north\/south\/east\/west (take your pick) of theirs? Nothing. Nada. Absolutely nothing!<\/p>\n
It is my contention is that, with respect to the 50 states, each is the legitimate owner of some portion of the whole (i.e., the ocean), hence all Americans have a stake, in this new technology in particular, and in the new energy paradigm in general. This translates, of course, to jobs, many millions of jobs. Engineers, electricians, welders, crane operators\u2026and on and on. We are speaking here of the employment of men and women from each and every state of the union\u2014not only the few who are fortunate enough to reside in marine states.<\/p>\n
Someday, there could well be a hundred or more marine current farms (electrical generation facilities), stretching from this side of Florida\u2026to that side of Texas. And all these turbines, working away feverishly in tandem, would never so much as put a small dent in the persistent flow of the Florida Current\/Mississippi Current\/Louisiana Current\/ Texas Current.<\/p>\n
Now this, this is America\u2019s future. This is what you call energy independence. Just think about that!<\/p>\n
Copyright \u00a9 2009 Frank Trujillo<\/p>\n