Anaconda wave power 'snake'

[pamela]

hey, just saw this.
what an interesting idea.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2009/may/05/anaconda-wave-power-generator

I realize that it would take an awful lot of these to replace what we currently use, but, later on, perhaps if life styles are down scaled and people use less energy, could be something like this would be a good idea.
 

[Phildo]

Looks good for all sorts of applications.  Especially remote islands, bouys, boats . . .

Do not get too bogged down in the Doomer "If it does not fix everything it is a failure" routine. 

Even 6 billion small solutions = 1 total solution. 

[pamela]

I agree Phildo.
I love new tech. I realize that there probably won't be enough to go round, or that it will take a lot of resources to build, but, I'd like to see more small innovations and ideas used wherever possible so that the whole world doesn't end up back in the stone age.
I don't that has to happen. There can be islands left of knowledge and innovation and civilization.
I don't want us to go back to square one and start from scratch, we don't really have to. IMO