It's the reaction people, especially those multi-million dollar home-owning bitches on the coast, are bound to have. Celebrities telling me to ride a bike to work or carpool when they drive SUVs/sports/muscle cars that get shit to the gallon, fuck you! They were talking wind power here off the California coast not too long ago but oh-noes...it ruins the view for the expensive estate owners. Fucking seriously. From the picture, they're probably visible from the beach--especially if there's groups of these Aquaboys.
@ The Dude: Clearly you haven't been to Humboldt County. God forbid the Aquabouy distract the folks trying to enjoy the lovely view of the pulp mill and (coal) power plant as they mingle with the burnouts on the jetty.
Seriously though, there's a lot of beautiful coastline here, but very little of it is inhabited (they don't call it the "Lost Coast" for nothing). They'll probably install these right off the coast from the existing power plant which already obstructs any view of the ocean.
@Cairn: Ha, I guess it would be a welcomed change over there. Here in SoCal though, where idiots don't feel the direct impact of power production and hence possess no sense of urgency or obligation to embrace renewable energy, it wouldn't be seen as the lesser of two evils. It'd just be evil.
@The Dude: When you can see through the smog and spot the tide generators, let me know. For the region around Morro Bay, please remove the offshore rigs.
Um, maybe because this is not an environmentally friendly idea. These "wave farms" can cause all sorts of unnatural tidal affects, which lead to premature erosion and damage to coastal eco-systems such as tide pools and reefs.
Kappy: "Um, maybe because this is not an environmentally friendly idea. These "wave farms" can cause all sorts of unnatural tidal affects, which lead to premature erosion and damage to coastal eco-systems such as tide pools and reefs."
Uh, how? For starters, they aren't really "wave" as much as "swell" generators. They're just a buoy on a cable, not too different from the thousands and thousands of buoys already deployed around the world. How does something so relatively tiny on top of a huge swell have *any* affect on the swell itself or the tides, which are based on _lunar_ activity? If things floating a mile or more off-shore could affect the coastline that much there would be restrictions on the number of boats allowed in the water at any given time.
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NOT IN MY BACKYARD!
And why the hell not?
Because he'll drown trying to complain. Hopefully.
Quiet you. I'll take this over mercury in my oceans any day.
I live in Humboldt County so this is in my back yard and I say, "yes, please!"
This area is really keen on renewable energy so I think it will go over pretty well.
It's the reaction people, especially those multi-million dollar home-owning bitches on the coast, are bound to have. Celebrities telling me to ride a bike to work or carpool when they drive SUVs/sports/muscle cars that get shit to the gallon, fuck you! They were talking wind power here off the California coast not too long ago but oh-noes...it ruins the view for the expensive estate owners. Fucking seriously. From the picture, they're probably visible from the beach--especially if there's groups of these Aquaboys.
@ The Dude: Clearly you haven't been to Humboldt County. God forbid the Aquabouy distract the folks trying to enjoy the lovely view of the pulp mill and (coal) power plant as they mingle with the burnouts on the jetty.
Seriously though, there's a lot of beautiful coastline here, but very little of it is inhabited (they don't call it the "Lost Coast" for nothing). They'll probably install these right off the coast from the existing power plant which already obstructs any view of the ocean.
@Cairn: Ha, I guess it would be a welcomed change over there. Here in SoCal though, where idiots don't feel the direct impact of power production and hence possess no sense of urgency or obligation to embrace renewable energy, it wouldn't be seen as the lesser of two evils. It'd just be evil.
@The Dude: When you can see through the smog and spot the tide generators, let me know. For the region around Morro Bay, please remove the offshore rigs.
Um, maybe because this is not an environmentally friendly idea. These "wave farms" can cause all sorts of unnatural tidal affects, which lead to premature erosion and damage to coastal eco-systems such as tide pools and reefs.
Kappy: "Um, maybe because this is not an environmentally friendly idea. These "wave farms" can cause all sorts of unnatural tidal affects, which lead to premature erosion and damage to coastal eco-systems such as tide pools and reefs."
Uh, how? For starters, they aren't really "wave" as much as "swell" generators. They're just a buoy on a cable, not too different from the thousands and thousands of buoys already deployed around the world. How does something so relatively tiny on top of a huge swell have *any* affect on the swell itself or the tides, which are based on _lunar_ activity? If things floating a mile or more off-shore could affect the coastline that much there would be restrictions on the number of boats allowed in the water at any given time.