Comments on: swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/06/wave-power-electricity-from-swell-fuel-could-help-revive-coral-reefs/swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Donalson http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/06/wave-power-electricity-from-swell-fuel-could-help-revive-coral-reefs/swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power/#comment-6367 Dave Donalson Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:03:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/files/2009/05/swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power.jpg#comment-6367 I'm not followling this logic, since one unit makes 5000 watts or roughly 7 horsepower. Wouldn't that mean it would take three units to supply the power for one household and not 100 units? (Scott's quote"Even if they cost $10 apiece, that would be $10,000" )and by that number it would be 74,600 watts and your quote on engry consumption is 16,400 watts for a household. I think you've been staring at the flash on your camera too long I’m not followling this logic, since one unit makes 5000 watts or roughly 7 horsepower. Wouldn’t that mean it would take three units to supply the power for one household and not 100 units? (Scott’s quote”Even if they cost $10 apiece, that would be $10,000″ )and by that number it would be 74,600 watts and your quote on engry consumption is 16,400 watts for a household. I think you’ve been staring at the flash on your camera too long

]]> By: Scott Bergquist http://cleantechnica.com/2009/05/06/wave-power-electricity-from-swell-fuel-could-help-revive-coral-reefs/swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power/#comment-6366 Scott Bergquist Sat, 16 May 2009 20:13:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/files/2009/05/swell-fuel-ocean-wave-power.jpg#comment-6366 This device is always demonstrated by "lighting up" something and it can be seen for miles! What are the sober physics? 746 watts=1 horsepower. A typical household consumes 16400 watt-hours per day. Translate that into horsepower, that is 22 horsepower-hours, or, roughly, generation of one-horsepower hour after hour, all day long. Since one horsepower is equal to lifting 550 pounds of weight, one foot vertically, every SECOND, without pausing...!... you would need ONE THOUSAND, maybe more, of these devices, to power ONE household. Even if they cost $10 apiece, that would be $10,000... no wiring maintenance, etc. Don't be fooled by the temporary "flash" of light. That is no more impressive than the "flash" from a tiny digital camera: blinding, but not much power. This device is always demonstrated by “lighting up” something and it can be seen for miles!

What are the sober physics? 746 watts=1 horsepower. A typical household consumes 16400 watt-hours per day. Translate that into horsepower, that is 22 horsepower-hours, or, roughly, generation of one-horsepower hour after hour, all day long.

Since one horsepower is equal to lifting 550 pounds of weight, one foot vertically, every SECOND, without pausing…!… you would need ONE THOUSAND, maybe more, of these devices, to power ONE household. Even if they cost $10 apiece, that would be $10,000… no wiring maintenance, etc. Don’t be fooled by the temporary “flash” of light. That is no more impressive than the “flash” from a tiny digital camera: blinding, but not much power.

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