Brian Gaff wrote

I'm just wondering why nobody has used the column of water and pumping
something with its rise and fall type of power generation.

That’s what wave power generation does. Doesn’t work very well
at all and is very difficult to do in the deep ocean because it’s a
hell of a long way to the bottom for the anchors that are vital.

It would not matter what direction the pressure waves came from

Yes.

but would need a very big column in a hostile see to make it viable.

And that is only there in worst conditions. Which is one reason
why it’s one of the least useful ways of generating electricity.

"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 10/10/2017 21:39, tim... wrote:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...-a7991326.html
I've got my popcorn ready

tim




And just after it is completed, and the world is reliant on it, we have a
once in a thousand year storm event which wipes it all out.

Quote:

"A giant wind farm in the North Atlantic would have to operate in "remote and harsh conditions" with wave heights frequently exceeding three metres (9.8ft)"

A quick Google suggests that the writers of this article have
underestimated the wave height by at least x10 for storms or for recorded
freak/rouge waves.

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