SHARKS WILL SAVE THE EARTH!

Tim Finnigan is a professor of ocean engineering at the University of Sydney in Australia. He has designed a way to produce energy or rather collect energy on the sea floor by mimicking the design of Shark tails. The BioStream is anchored on the sea floor and as strong ocean currents pass over it, the movement of the tail from side to side creates energy like a windmill. The largest of the Shark tail generators can create two megawatts of power, which is enough to power over 1600 homes. The only problem is that since it is a new technology the cost is still high at 8 to 15 centers per kilowatt hour. Still, it is completely pollution and greenhouse gas free and does not obscure the beach front views like large windmills. Now we get to watch the oil, coal, and nuclear lobby try to torpedo the success of the technology.

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Sharks, taking a bite out of big oil's ass!

--Sharky

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