There is a story, probably apocryphal, told about the great king, Canute. One day, he got rather tired of his courtiers, praising him as a mighty and powerful king capable of doing almost anything.
He went straight to the seashore and ordered the waves to stop. Naturally they did not do so, and he thus spoke to those sycophants in the following terms, “Oh you blithering apple polishers. You say I can command the waves to stop, hah, my foot," but of course, in a more polite, dignified and kingly manner, keeping up with his modest demeanour.
But many generations later, he would be proud to know that scientists are looking for ways and means to harness the power of the waves and turning them into usable energy. Now, one knows that there is all that untapped power which is made by the wind blowing across the seas and oceans to create waves. This powerful source of power and energy can be turned into electricity.
Nevertheless, one has to understand that this energy cannot be harnessed easily. Not only are the waves, unpredictable, but they are quite capable of turning into typhoons and tsunamis due to underwater upheavals. One of the ways to harness this energy is by forcing the waves to go through a chamber. The air is forced out of a hole on the mouth of which a turbine is placed. The air going out of the hole makes the turbine start up a generator to create electric energy. People complain about the noise of the rushing air, but then, the waves are also noisy themselves.
He went straight to the seashore and ordered the waves to stop. Naturally they did not do so, and he thus spoke to those sycophants in the following terms, “Oh you blithering apple polishers. You say I can command the waves to stop, hah, my foot," but of course, in a more polite, dignified and kingly manner, keeping up with his modest demeanour.
But many generations later, he would be proud to know that scientists are looking for ways and means to harness the power of the waves and turning them into usable energy. Now, one knows that there is all that untapped power which is made by the wind blowing across the seas and oceans to create waves. This powerful source of power and energy can be turned into electricity.
Nevertheless, one has to understand that this energy cannot be harnessed easily. Not only are the waves, unpredictable, but they are quite capable of turning into typhoons and tsunamis due to underwater upheavals. One of the ways to harness this energy is by forcing the waves to go through a chamber. The air is forced out of a hole on the mouth of which a turbine is placed. The air going out of the hole makes the turbine start up a generator to create electric energy. People complain about the noise of the rushing air, but then, the waves are also noisy themselves.
