".......
5. Therefor you have to come up with an application that is more
economically compelling than stability..... or technology that drives
the conversion efficiency way up there.
6. You could think about a "barge" type model. Consider a 50' foot
tube length of stainless steel. Cut it in half vertically and seal the
face. (kind of a "D") the flat part faces up, the curved part faces
down. You use this platform for storage/mariculture-desalination
applications/positioning/pumping/ helicopter takeoff pad?) You
attach your electricity generating "pontoons" alongside (make
them with quick release cabling in case there is a bad storm). If
big waves come along- it tends to right itself. (maybe you want to
build it with concrete and an air bladder- or even submerge it for
compressed air energy storage- I don't know).
7. Now- what do you put inside the pontoons? How about one
longitudenally axised rod (say 100') and five transversely positioned
rods of 20' apiece? You fill the longitudenal tube with mercury
sufficient to make it operable and attach it to a "Smart" reservoir for
dumping the mercury in case conditions change or things get out
of hand. Anyway- this mercury can either be used
to operate the longitudenal rod when pitch is most evident, or
rerouted to fill in succession- the five transverse tubes depending
upon the predominancy and amount of roll in the sea. That is- if
there is not a lot of roll- and very little pitch- maybe the mercury
would only be routed to the first one or two transverse tubes.
8. Up till now, everything I've mentioned you can model and try out
on a very manageable scale and budget- (bathtub/hairdryer for
waves) with the exception of a "smart" reservoir dumping and
trafficking system with transverse tubes. No matter-if you like the
concept- you should try modeling it. "
After I protested the use of mercury she STILL came back with more talk of mercury and included crafts sinking with mercury onboard !!
" Nonetheless it and the concept proposal
below have many characteristics that put it well ahead of mounting
a series of large, lengthy wooden beams. For one- in conjunction
with the proposed reservoir technology, it improves the
surviveability of the device and the system it is mounted on. That is
a paramount economic consideration in developing an ocean-going
energy plant. Secondly, if the craft sank or otherwise failed, it
would be comparatively easy and inexpensive to collect, retrieve
and reuse...... "
THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING TO ME AS A LOVER OF LIFE AND THE OCEAN.THIS PERSON TALKS ABOUT USING MERCURY AND "......dumping the mercury...." INTO THE OCEAN AND RECOVERING IT FROM THE SEA FLOOR ??!!!! " ANY USE OF , OR INTENT TO USE, OR SUGGESTION TO USE; A TOXIC SUBSTANCE SUCH AS MERCURY AS A FREE FLOWING FLUID IN A TUBE TIED TO A BARGE OUT IN SOME BACKWATER SOMEWHERE , IS SUCH A DANGEROUS AND STUPID PROPOSITION THAT I AM SENDING THIS INFORMATION ABOUT POEMS TO THE EPA, BCDC, OCEAN CONSERVANCY, GREENPEACE, U.S.STATE DEPARTMENT, DEPT. OF WATERWAYS,COAST GUARD , THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION ,WHO AND EVERY OTHER REGULATORY COMMISSION I CAN FIND.THE WORLD NEEDS TO BE WARNED; POEMS IS HIGHLY SUSPECT AS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND HAS A CEO WITH SERIOUSLY DERANGED CONCEPTS WHICH SHE IS RELEASING TO THE PUBLIC! "....if the craft sank....." THIS ' ADVISOR' IS TALKING ABOUT A CRAFT FILLED WITH MERCURY SINKING, AND HER FIRST CONCERN IS THE COMPARATIVE EASE OF RECOVERY ??!!! OR THE DELUSION THAT 5,000 LBS OF MERCURY SCATTERED ALL OVER THE BOTTOM OF SOME HARBOR SOMEWHERE WOULD BE RECOVERABLE??!! THE MERE SUGGESTION OF A MERCURY SPILL OF THIS MAGNITUDE OFFSHORE OR ANYWHERE IS SUCH A LIABILITY THAT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL WATERS WOULD BE INCONCIEVABLE !! SO THIS IS WHAT OUR NON-PROFITS ARE UP TO THESE DAYS ??!!! I BELIEVE THIS WOMAN NEEDS TO FIND SOME OTHER LINE OF WORK BEFORE SHE CREATES A GLOBAL DISASTER WITH HER IDIOCY !!
