Wave power

[JaxxBat]

That first one looks like a water lock, might serve more than one purpose.

[animalnt]

wait for the tax

[Trojansuser300]

This is a neat way of gaining power using Earth's natural resources

[gadgetboynaija]

I think the 'Oyster' is a brilliant idea. It should be widely implemented.

[artman40]

Cheaper than earthquake-powered power stations.

[gogoo51]

thats a nice ocean you have there it would be a pitty if something was to happen to it ssssssssssssssss ;)

[panjubadeelite007]

cool

[laura72339]

@SkiBums4LifeTV HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!

[williamhad]

or we could just use nuclear energy..

[pyromaanisi]

@williamhad it still would end

[williamhad]

@pyromaanisi theres enough lithium in the sea to power a nuclear generator for 150 billion years....the sun would have supernova by then....any other form of energy is a waist of time..

[ciumoiucucaca]

@williamhad

how about nuclear waste? did u think of that smart ass ?

[williamhad]

@ciumoiucucaca way to go at failing. nuclear fusion power witch is what i was referring to generates no waist... fucking parasite. 

[ciumoiucucaca]

@williamhad

hei low life it is you who started with the "lithium in nuclear plants" so piss off spoiled bitch

[Trojansuser300]

@williamhad

is is hard to achieve nuclear fusion because you need extreme amounts of heat....

[TheChihuahuamaster]

Im no scientist but... Wouldnt SOMETHING in the ocean eat that little snake thingy and that bob thing???

[jameson63926]

@TheChihuahuamaster ... Its 600 feet long.

[pochoybilat]

omg why r scientist such fools

[iJunkizz]

@pochoybilat

how are they fools?

[samoblatnik]

there is no need to burn fosil fules..

[Charlymaumushi]

@samoblatnik I agree with you but turning everything in to electrical is very expensive. It will take a little while before we reach that point. But At least we already have a good start :)

[tehcexymeowmix]

Just one of those Oyster things powers 9,000 homes? Holy fuck!

[Napoleon501ste]

@tehcexymeowmix I don't think that is correct. I have heard that a farm of 20 oysters could power 9000 homes. So one oyster can power 450 homes.

[FreakExceptionale]

This is really interesting. The designs are so unique and I can see them being used instead of wind turbines (if the cheap and efficient enough). I really hope so! I really want the world to use more green energy but hate the negative externalities of wind turbines; They are not very aesthetically pleasing and are generally insanely loud.

[candr]

@FreakExceptionale Speaking of which, back in the 70's they were looking at the possible use of giant underwater turbines in the gulf stream. These seem to be a little easier to keep repaired then something half down.

[TheSwamper]

It's too bad all your education didn't include how not to be an asshole.

To the topic at hand, it's safe to surmise that for all the energy gained, roughly triple or more (due to inefficient turbines) would be taken out of the ocean. As long as these turbines were not in place in massive numbers, I doubt there'd be anything but the most negligible effect on the ocean.

[timidgothica]

wonderful!

[lokeshkothare]

I think we should approach this with cautious optimism. Lets try and get one plant installed and then 'measure' it's effect on the environment and then 'measure' the pros and cons .. there cannot be an energy conversion without byproducts ... need to know what their impact is ...

[hungsolow123]

@lokeshkothare I could not agree more. That's what I've been trying to tell our resident village idiot "jipersson". Apparently being cautious and learning things along the way doesn't appeal to some people.

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad I'm not alone.

[NitroReviews]

pedophile voice

[ElectricBishop]

priests gtake boys inot confession, then give them something to confess

we live in a cyclical world, after all

shame on us all..

[chiefparenting]

Unfortunately, in America, they're not teaching our kids the right skill sets in schools and giving them the necessary knowledge base to get us where we need to be. If you're concerned about this issue, please do check out the video we have via the above Chief Parenting channel name link. Together we can solve the world's energy problems.

[gjljhjb1]

@chiefparenting The problem perhaps is greedy corporations..theyre is plenty of sun wind and water for all..

[gjljhjb1]

this will just be a excuse to develope in the ocean. solar panels are the way to go.

[BGSoccerMagic]

@gjljhjb1 we have to go there at some point, the land is going to get overcrowded.

[gjljhjb1]

@BGSoccerMagic Not for thousands of years. We need to build up not in th eoceans! we need tomake better use of our land.

[gjljhjb1]

@BGSoccerMagic Not for thousands of years. We need to build up not in th eoceans! we need tomake better use of our land.

[Rikotistic]

Impressive!

[djsuperstar717]

that is pretty cool

[wlchase]

Great stuff! And I must say, I appreciate your brevity!

[Darw1n1st]

Gotta hook up a generator to my waterbed, my fat ass generates lots of waves.

[marcoze]

So how many years of service would one of those systems have to be in place to put out close to the energy that it took to make, and took to make all of the failed prototypes?? I think the world needs to STOP using the word GREEN in relation to everything. Because in the grand scheme of things, nothing is "Green", almost every product on earth used more energy to create it than it would ever be able to produce. Ever. Whats so GREEN? NOTHING. Just another mis-appropriation of a word for profit.

[SnivenMcLovin]

"looks like a giant snake..."

That is EXACTLY what I thought it looked like

[loveneko31]

Will they affect the aquatic environment?

if they won't ,i will 'yay' for them

[marcoze]

@loveneko31 lol. It will, just look into basic flow and tide patterns on a map, then figure in the addition of literally Thousands of square miles worth of solid surface area throwing water off course. Than figure in the maintenance on these objects, theres only one way to fix an object thats in the water......boat out, swim down, pull it up etc etc......all that WASTE is going to effect the environment. Havent we spent the past 25 years pulling shit OUT of the ocean?? What fuckin gives??

[BeondaPale]

These things will throw water off course? What? Really? enough to effect ecosystems or major currents? Really?

The "waste of maintenence - going out in a boat or swimming down hmmmm.... Really?

As opposed to what? The waste of coal mining? The waste of ocean oil drilling? Nuclear waste?

[marcoze]

@BeondaPale How about you stop fucking driving your car, or charging your cell phones. Using your TV constantly, running the A/C......

You, just like the rest of the fucking morons on earth can only think with about 2% of your brain. what can YOU DO.. how about instead of finding ways to make more fucking energy we stop using so much.

But im sure a meager minded simpleton such as yourself is too busy being dazzled by the bright lights and colors on this page to actually put thought into it.

[BeondaPale]

Conservation is, of course, another part of the sustainability equation -- but wait you just contended that the equation doesn't exist !!

Well? Does it exists or not? or are you just ranting hysterically?

[marcoze]

@BeondaPale lol, im about done with your lacking cerebral cortex. the equation of what? being sustainable? how is that "Green"?? youre just trying to put ideas and words in my mouth to pull yourself up from being blown away. I am glad you live though, because if it wasnt for your dumb ass buying into all this "GREEN" bullshit my stock in Chinese steel would hit the floor

People of a sub-intellectual background tend to think on one level, the one where you try to constantly argue with the truth

[BeondaPale]

Reading slowly this time might help: "green" technologies are technologies that attempt to conserve the natural environment and resources, and to curb the negative impacts of human involvement with that environment.

Again, does this concept exist or not.

And no I have not tried to put words in your mouth. I've asked questions. None of which have been answered. I wonder why...

[marcoze]

@BeondaPale how long are you going to talk yourself in circles? I hope you dont kiss your mother or children with that mouth. actually i hope someone of your gene pool doesnt reproduce.

[BeondaPale]

To which circle are you refering? And does my mother, my mouth, my children, my gene pool, or reproduction have any relevence to what we were discussing?

Try very hard to use logic this time -- I know you've got it in you somewhere

[ApocAlypse6275]

the problem is if theres too much energy(abundance) big energy companies can't make that much profit because the price would be less for each unit of energy (supply and demand) so big energy company like it more if their energy resources are scares.

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[airkami]

Southland Tales

[kargidesign]

This small stuff will never save the world... I mean their manufacture damages earth more probably. Besides they interfere with ocean life, winds, deserts... And they maybe enough for a small city but not big one or industry. We need to focus on fusion more.

[rafaravioli]

Awesome. We need more energy production like this.

[omfgwtfroflol]

Iv seen the concept of generating power from the oceans done, from what i think, much better. The difference was that they had a propeller in the shape of a shark's tail, which could swivel and face currents flowing from any direction.

[kalidesu]

These would all be perfect to power seawater into fresh water sanitation plants for drought areas.

[2Luke]

this has definitely been posted already

[SiggyMe]

The thumbs are really ridiculous and are perfect for that place traditionally reserved for them. This video rates five stars.

[GetMeThere1]

If the first system shown and claimed to be powering 9000 homes was ALL of it, then that's what we need. It looked quite small. That's a fantastic size vs power ratio--even though it seems rather complicated.

[Timmehbob]

Awesome!:D

[trime1851]

Five stars!

[tw1stedgrudge]

If the Oyster is powering 9000 homes, I don't see why it isnt being celebrated more. I dont feel the anaconda designs will really have as much wallop to them that the Oyster does, and I still say more research should be done into finding ways to cheaply manufacture hydrogen from water.

[branboom]

The thing i really love about this video, is that it shows many different solutions to the same problem.

[branboom]

The thing i really love about this video, is that it shows many different solutions to the same problem.

[Jeredin13]

long as these don't adversely effect the ocean, I'm alright with these! ^_^

[Randomstuidios]

wouldn't want to go swimming with that....

[onthecuttingedge2005]

one good major oceanic storm would destroy them.

[puncheex]

This is engineering in its very earliest forms - trying out different approaches. It seems weak to me, but if one of then is powering 9000 homes then it isn't something to be sneezed at, particularly in remote and specialized locations. Give it some time, and the best results will see some real use.

[mistletoe88]

@ iambehindthemirror

fusion power is still a work in progress and it will also generate radioactive wastes which doesn't make it that 'clean' an alternative. why not just embrace whatever technologies we do have at the moment instead of simply rejecting ideas?

[martiangrundy]

@mistletoe88.

"why not just embrace whatever technologies we do have at the moment instead of simply rejecting ideas?"

Sorry, but isn't that exactly what you are doing, rejecting ideas?

What "radioactive wastes" are there in a fusion reactor? Are you not getting mixed up with a fission reactor?

When we do eventually crack fusion that WILL be global power sorted for a long LONG time.

And we do really NEED fusion if we are to carry on and progress into the far future, becoming a type 3 civ.

[martiangrundy]

That said, we still need to exploit everything at our disposal, and the cleaner the better. Until we do crack fusion.

I suppose the panacea really would be fusion for main power. And Hydrogen fuel cells for mobile power.

How far that is into the future I don't know, I truly hope I get to see it.

[Gigadrax]

The only problem I see with some of these, such as the snakes are their interactions with marine life, such as sharks mistaking the snake as food.

[Niosus]

"the final version will be over 200 meters long"

One big bad ass shark if it's gonna try to catch that!

[puncheex]

@Gigadrax: Sharks have a much greater discrimination sense than you seem to think they do. The only likely interference might be being bumped by whales, and these are going to be well inshore (the waves are highest there), away from most of that sort of problem. They would attract some kinds of sea life like barnacles, which would have to be cleaned off.

[Gigadrax]

@puncheex Yes most sharks do, but I was specifically referring to I can't remember but probably the bull shark whom have been known to eat junk such as tires. now I know these will be up to 200 m long but how wide is it? If it's anything skinnier than a tire it might be targeted by bull sharks. But I'm not 100%

[DerkvanL]

It all looks cool, but things on the sea floor will increase sediments and will eventually end up under a layer of sand. And things floating on the surface, or just below, are very vulnarable.

[catlord98765]

nice!!!!!!!!!

[DoctorPlausible]

That's the next wave, I suppose.

[jidar]

lol. okay mr smarty man I see what you did there.

[mattbiker419]

ah the snake one looks well cool, i would swim out and sit on it like a horsie! :D

[lordzsolt]

Wow dude, WHO THE FUCK CARES IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG IN THE WATER??? Let's be happy scientist are testing green energy supplyers >.>

[Maplesyrup41]

FUCK YEA CLEAN ENERGY

[Colaglass]

looks fucking ugly.

[iambehindthemirror]

They look ugly and take a lot of space.

[IkePwnzU]

What? The ocean covers 70-75% of the earth, I don't think we give a toss about space.

[LuminiferousAether]

So do all power plants.

[iambehindthemirror]

@LuminiferousAether There are better possible alternatives such as fusion reactor.

[Niosus]

the only problem is that they have yet to make the first commercial fusion reactor... it's still hard to get more energy out than they put in, so far it isn't enough to power anything

[showABCshow]

hehe, tentacle rape.

[McSibiss]

We need more things like this! Quick! We need clean energy.

[marcoze]

@McSibiss Lol, if you think this is clean energy you truely have no idea as to what "Energy" is. and what the defenition of clean energy is. But im sure you keep the "GREEN" industry going.

[BeondaPale]

Ok, there is no such thing as "green" -- But I'm sure you'll agree that there IS such thing as "greener", right??

...Because constantly burning coal and oil is FILTHY as compared to this.

Or are you trying to avoid that comparison?

[marcoze]

@BeondaPale Yet again, meager minded simpleton. You contradict yourself clearly here...."Ok, there is no such thing as "green" -- But I'm sure you'll agree that there IS such thing as "greener""

Let me ask you something, if there is no such thing as "Green" then how the fuck could there be "greener". Meaning more of the thing that does not exist.

If youre gonna be watching videos for smart people, then make sure you put on the right helmet before you attempt to sound intelligible.

[BeondaPale]

Right... Straight to hurling epithets. Proof positive that you are a rational, logical human.

What do you believe "green" means?

What green is intended to mean is sustainable or more in tune with the environment.

Or are sustainable and environment nonexistant concepts as well?

Or do you perhaps believe that burning coal and oil can go on indefinately without decernable consequence?

[hungsolow123]

@McSibiss I think people are so obsessed with this green movement that they don't stop and think that everything has a price to pay. You can't pull significant energy out of a system (like the ocean) without perturbing that system significantly.

[jipersson]

@hungsolow123 so in other words you think global warming is the result

of the windmill industry slowing down weather systems and not the fact

that you insist driving round in a fossil fuel driven Hummer.

Me being a sailor having roamed around the north Atlantic ocean in waves

50-70 feet high leaves no doubt in my mind that the oceans waves can

supply man with endless amounts of energy.

Using waves that otherwise would have ended up on some beach somewhere

does not shift any balance.

[hungsolow123]

@jipersson What the fuck are you talking about? I didn't even bring up global warming in my discussion... all I'm saying is that from a scientific perspective, of which I have expertise (PhD in Physics) there is no such thing as energy without a price. All that I am suggesting is that instead of jumping on the green bandwagon that all you pseudo-intellectuals have jumped on, we should be careful and determine the impact such a system would have on the ocean if implemented on a large scale.

[jipersson]

@hungsolow123 And from exactly what bubble gum machine did you pull your PhD. you are right lets remove and forbid all forms of tests and trial runs

of green energy including that evil water snake now providing energy to 9000 homes. Sit down the next 100 years and contemplate while shunning

all those evil pseudo intellectuals since it's only allowed wise guys like you to come up with solutions . I actually come from Denmark also the home of

Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen consensus center.

[hungsolow123]

@jipersson You are a poster boy for stupidity. Did you even READ by post? I am strongly suggesting that we do testing, but I am also suggesting people do impact studies are these EXPERIMENTAL forms of energy production.

You do your home country a disservice by speaking and removing all doubt about your ignorance.

[jipersson]

@hungsolow123 Fact : Denmark has 7031 Km coastline

and uses millions every year to secure it so please tell me Mr. PhD

what unwanted damaging side effects would harnessing the energy of that onslaught of the sea have . I know you want to tell me the unknowing pseudo twat I am in your eyes that there are several but I only want you to name one .

by the way my IQ i Danish tests are 150 and in English tests 139.

Being right in your eyes obviously are the question of titles not wit.

[hungsolow123]

@jipersson IQ tests mean nothing. The fact that I have two-dozen patents, 100+ peer reviewed journal papers and the like DOES count as tangible. All that I am suggesting is simply to investigate what impact extracting gigawatts of power from the ocean will have on the environment, on coastal erosion, on sea life and so on. It's half-wits like yourself that quote meaningless IQ statistics that are detriments to society and potentially to humankind. I suggest you go out to sea and remain there.

[jipersson]

@hungsolow123

I just saw your channel and liked the stolen thunderfoot vid.

I actually thought you came from US or England

the two other stolen videos did only confirm my suspicion of you being a liar

the shear lack of bragging about yourself on your channel page as you so easy does here and the likewise lack of any scientific trace just confirms it

you live in a central African country with not as much as 2 mm coastline

and say you are 61. is that in dog years or Gazelle years.

[hungsolow123]

@jipersson You're digging yourself a hole. First of all, I have no videos on my channel, only favourites - paying attention is step 1 on the road to education. Second of all, people who give their actual information are setting themselves up for abuse on the Internet. To keep my family safe, I use false information. Thirdly, your primary school vocabulary and complete lack of punctuation leads me to believe you're a drop out, confirming you shouldn't speak on topics where you have no training.

[YoLninYo]

@hungsolow123 : TWO DOZEN patents? (are they baker's dozen?) ... Seriously, you have 100+ peer reviewed papers and you're trolling on youtube? FFS man! at least make something up .. _partly_ believable.

P.S. I am Einstein and I have 5 Million peer reviwed jurnulls and mennah menna Philosophy' and of the doctorateses.

P.P.S. Lithen up y'all... leth' make thure we theththt the impact of thith invention on the planet ... and best way to do that is to do nothing and keep driving our gath guzzlrs!

[YoLninYo]

@hungsolow123 : TWO DOZEN patents? (are they baker's dozen?) ... Seriously, you have 100+ peer reviewed papers and you're trolling on youtube? FFS man! at least make something up .. _partly_ believable.

P.S. I am Einstein and I have 5 Million peer reviwed jurnulls and mennah menna Philosophy' and of the doctorateses.

P.P.S. Lithen up y'all... leth' make thure we theththt the impact of thith invention on the planet ... and best way to do that is to do nothing and keep driving our gath guzzlrs!

[sum1unxpected]

@hungsolow123

pardon me, you seem like an interesting person.

are you a physicist? what field do you study?

[jipersson]

@hungsolow123

the way you when not given right falls to dissing me leads me to think that you are a liar and NOT in possession of any form of education whatsoever.

Educated people argues , uneducated people tends to fall to the easiest

form shunting .

[hungsolow123]

@jipersson And further to that point, you're feelings about the ocean mean nothing. You might have "no doubt" about the endless source of power of the ocean, but you understand nothing of it and despite that, you make sweeping conclusions based on nothing other than feelings as opposed to hard evidence.

[yungdtownsolja2]

@McSibiss itll never happen if the government really wanted it we would have it by now obama really doesnt give a shit

[shandcunt]

@yungdtownsolja2 Obama is not the issue

[Knightshield]

that fucking thing doesn't look like a snake

[robinsoncrucify]

this makes me horny

[Scarecrow0089]

Transfer war funds to ideas like these please ?

[zx1011]

@Scarecrow0089 then how do we fight wars????? :|

[kooldude619rey]

The end is near !!! Just stfu please.

[DraskyVanderhoff]

This is the type of green energy that i like , simply , reliable and with very low or none side-effects.

[666norton420]

@DraskyVanderhoff if we can get them right they'll be reliable, but most of these are still rather unpractical.

it always looks better on paper.

we should be able to settle on a few that work the way we want eventually.

;d

[fathead431]

big wangs ftw!

[dafttool]

With most people on the planet living in relative close proximity to the coasts, we really need to make a priority the research of wave action power (and desalination technology for fresh water).

[mazack00]

Proof that NewScientist doesn't fact check!!!!

0:51

No name for the device because they don't know it. This video could have been made in a few minutes after a couple google searches, and would be more factual if citations were given.

[Omegashadowyoshi]

Chill out. Just because they didn't bother finding every name doesn't mean it's a completely irreputable source.

Now if they were doing an experiment, and this wasn't just for entertainment (I.E. for education) then it would be bad

[quadstrike]

@mazack00 hey skippy, mind finding it for us then?

[mazack00]

Google the giant name on the side of it

[Aspartame69]

@mazack00 Not putting in a name is not a fact check fail. Using an incorrect name would be. You should fact check what fact check means :)

[mogghee]

its like in logan's run, the cities were powered by the oceans

[the12packweb]

The oyster's brilliant - well done to people involved!

How the 'snake' system was developed is beyond me - how did someone come up with such a novelty idea? It's just so bizarre!

[4N0NYM0U557]

YAY FOR ECO POWER !!!!

[marcoze]

@4N0NYM0U557 This power is not economic. its extremely wasteful

[4N0NYM0U557]

@marcoze

you were (but still are, tho) such a waste of sperm....

[Shaunt1]

There is definitely plenty of energy that can be harnessed from the oceans.