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"...electric power which we don't need" ??
November 21, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 4 days ago
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Meltdowns aside, It's reasonable to conclude that electricity will continue to be an essential product 20 years from now. The big shift will be in how it's generated to replace fossil fuel generation. Certainly develop the liquid fuels to replace petroleum, but also bring on OTEC around the world in places like Hawaii, which will be the proving ground in tapping the unlimited potential of stored solar energy in the tropical ocean. Hawaii is more dependent on oil to power its society than any other state; 78 percent of the state's electricity is generated by burning oil. In second place is Florida, with only about 10 percent. Hawaii has everything to gain and lots of negatives to lose by transitioning its electricity generation to solar, wind and OTEC power. This week's announcement about a pilot OTEC plant in Hawaii is big news for a technology that's been searching for a customer for decades. It's time has come.