Wave Powered Boat to cross Pacific!!!


	Wave Powered Boat to cross Pacific!!!

jerry23w

10-13-2008 7:17 PM

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jerry23w says:

when a big ship is raised a few feet by the ocean swell, think how much energy it takes to lift several thousand tonnes.. Now think of that same ship alongside a quay, and a lever extracting that same energy as it lowers the ship back down before the next swell.. Cmon you engineers!

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