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In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Of course if we start using the tidal energy, the moon will come
crashing into us and destroy the planet a bit quicker.


Actually, the opposite is true. Tidal action causes the moon to
get further from the earth, and extracting energy from the tides
makes that happen sooner.

-- Richard
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