Japan and Ocean Current Energy
Until about 15 years ago, before the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) associated with solar and wind began to plummet, the world had high hopes for the renewable energy technologies collectively known as hydrokinetics, i.e., extracting the kinetic energy out of moving water. Nowadays, however, at least as far as I’m aware, no one is working in this area.
Of course, there is no rule that says you can’t spend your own money in any way you wish. However, what you’re going to run into in ocean current or any of the other flavors of hydrokinetics, e.g., wave, tidal, or run-of-river, is the old adage, “If you don’t care how much you pay per kilowatt of electricity, I’ll get you all the renewable energy you could possibly imagine.”
I’m fairly certain that the story here about the Japanese is false. Either that or it’s 15 years old.
Below we have the words of American singer/songwriter James Taylor, in which he expresses his disgust for his country’s stabbing Ukraine and NATO in the back. A sickening moment, to be sure.
At left we see the driving force behind the pullback of Trump supporters.
Given the developments here in the United States whereby Trump and Musk are destroying the federal government while shifting support from Ukraine/NATO to Russia, it’s understandable that Americans are terrified that their country has become a dictatorship.
No, destabilizing our government’s capacity to protect Americans’ health and safety is not a good thing.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes:
Here are a few words from the Sierra Club:
It’s good to see these words from Mike Pence, calling out Donald Trump for just one more bald-faced lie. “The road to peace must be built on the truth.” Excellent.
This blurb on Mitch McConnell is completely true, but I have news for you: poor and ignorant people care very little about affluence and education, as long as their fundamental need is met, i.e., the supremacy of white people.
We live among people who believe that God wants the United States to function according to the ideals of the modern-day Republican party:
