Gonzako@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIf we put enough wave energy generators on the sea. Is there ever a way we get the seven seas to be completely still?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareIf we put enough wave energy generators on the sea. Is there ever a way we get the seven seas to be completely still?Gonzako@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days agoNo. You can’t do a full conversion of energy. If all the energy in the waves was absorbed the generators wouldn’t be moving and no energy would be generated. It would be a paradox. That wasn’t very ELI5 but again “No”.
No.
You can’t do a full conversion of energy. If all the energy in the waves was absorbed the generators wouldn’t be moving and no energy would be generated. It would be a paradox. That wasn’t very ELI5 but again “No”.