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"The world is waning under the immense weight of our vast carbon emissions and
rife ecological crimes. If we carry on in this way, then Earth will no longer
be our bountiful garden of Eden and instead resemble something far closer to
hell. To stop this Hadian vision of the future from coming true, humanity needs
to rapidly change its ways and decarbonise. We’ve made great strides in recent
years, but we have neglected one of the cleanest forms of energy. You see, the
lifecycle carbon emission of coal energy is 820 g/kWh, while solar is much
lower at 48 g/kWh, and wind and nuclear are even lower at just 12 g/kWh. But
tidal power trounces them all at only 1.8 g/kWh! Yet, despite these astonishing
eco-credentials, we hardly use tidal power. Thankfully, Orbital Marine is set
to change that with its revolutionary O2 tidal turbine.
Before we look at Orbital Marine’s O2 turbine, let’s first recap what tidal
energy is, why it is so clean, and why we don’t use it.
The ocean tides rise and fall twice a day. In some places, this causes ocean
water to flow gently, but in other places, it causes a torrent. All tidal power
does is place a turbine underwater where the tidal flow is particularly strong
and produce electricity in the same way a wind turbine does.
But if that is the case, then how can tidal power have a substantially lower
carbon footprint than wind power? Well, it has all to do with the weight and
viscosity of water."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
