The Advantages of Ocean and Perpetual Energy

Perpetual energy also known as ‘ocean energy’ is the kinetic energy that is created from natural planetary movements such as ocean waves, tidal waves, salinity, and even ocean temperature differences. The need for the use of perpetual energy has increased for economical and environmental reasons however, because of this scientists’ have already begun work to make machines that draw energy from the Earths’ natural reactions, harness it, then dispense it out to create a healthy and efficient environment for society to coexist with.

Some of the first examples of perpetual energy in use can date back to be first invented hundreds of years ago. The perpetual lamp for one is a tool that creates both heat and light but never drains an energy reservoir in order to do so. Another example is the unbalanced wheels, which like the waterwheel, uses gravity to stay in motion. From the weight of the water that it carries, the waterwheel transfers the constant flow energy from gravity in order to generate kinetic energy. The unbalanced wheel does the same, but because the wheel is unbalanced it uses the torque from its own off centeredness to stay in motion thus creating useable energy from a first initial push of energy.

In 1881 Jacques Arsene d’ Arsonval, a French physicist, proposed tapping into the thermal energy of the ocean. Later, in 1930 his student George Claude built the first successful perpetual energy plant in Cuba generating 22 kW of electricity with a low pressure turbine. However, by 1931 Nikola Tesla released ‘Our Future Motive Power’ also describing the same system but concluded that it was an impractical engineering project for large scale development. The finding of new oil reserves in 1956 also made for the perpetual energy plants to be considered uneconomical. By 1981 though, Japan had successfully constructed an energy plant that produced enough net power to generate electricity to a school and a few other buildings. The United States had also endorsed the idea of creating an energy plant in 1974, located in Hawaii specifically for the warm surface water and access to deep cold water.

The benefits of harnessing perpetual energy are astounding in comparison to the realistic facts of the continual use of burning petroleum and powering nuclear plants. Already automobile makers are marketing fully electric and hybrid cars while governments around the world are proposing bills that demand less pollution and waste. More and more the idea of engineering a machine that gathers and dispenses the planets perpetual energy large enough for entire cities is becoming increasingly popular.

Sources:

“Perpetual Motion.” By Kevin T. Kilty
“Perpetual Futility.” By Donald E. Simanek


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