The April 26th, 2007 issue of The Economist, a renowned international financial publication, includes a positive article on ocean energy titled: 

“Tapping the power of the sea – An effort to harvest electricity  from tides and waves is gathering pace.”

"If only a few little problems, to do with politics, government regulation and technology, could be solved, then the remedy for the world's fossil-fuel dependence would be wonderfully simple: just look to the ocean. A fraction of the energy locked up in the oceans could, in theory, meet the world's entire electricity needs.

In practice, of course, things are nothing like that simple. Extracting hydropower from dammed-up rivers is comparatively easy compared with harvesting energy from offshore tides and waves, and then putting it into the grid via underwater cables. Only 14 countries now operate tidal or wave-power stations, and most are tiny, experimental and expensive."

Click on the link below to view the full article:

"Tapping Into The Power of the Sea" - The Economist

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