ENEMIES OF PROGRESS: Scuppering the Waves: How They Tried to Repel Clean Energy by David Ross [Science and Public Policy, volume 29, number 1, February 2002, pages 25-35, Beech Tree Publishing]
In the early 1980s, the UK government deliberately killed off Salter's Duck and all serious exploration of wave power. Why? How? David Ross's article details an astonishing catalogue of lies and betrayal. Ross is a journalist who has made a special study of wave power technology since 1976 and published many articles and two books on the subject, including Power from the Waves (Oxford University Press, 1996). There was a link here to a page from which you could open the article as a pdf file. For the second time, the article has disappeared. I've been unable to locate it elsewhere on the web. If I can track it down, I'll put up a new link. In the meantime, there's an optimistic article on the future of wave power by David Ross if you CLICK HERE.
In the early 1980s, the UK government deliberately killed off Salter's Duck and all serious exploration of wave power. Why? How? David Ross's article details an astonishing catalogue of lies and betrayal. Ross is a journalist who has made a special study of wave power technology since 1976 and published many articles and two books on the subject, including Power from the Waves (Oxford University Press, 1996). There was a link here to a page from which you could open the article as a pdf file. For the second time, the article has disappeared. I've been unable to locate it elsewhere on the web. If I can track it down, I'll put up a new link. In the meantime, there's an optimistic article on the future of wave power by David Ross if you CLICK HERE.
Follow the links below to find more information about Salter's Duck. If you agree that it is a viable alternative to nuclear and fossil fuel please e-mail Ed Miliband, Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change and suggest that he contact Professor Salter as a matter of urgency and undertakes to set up an immediate, impartial review of Salter's Duck. Send him links to the articles below. Spread the word to all your friends, asking them to read the articles and e-mail the minister too. Save the Duck, Save the World.
EXTERNAL LINKS:
EDINBURGH WAVE POWER GROUP
Here you'll find an invaluable archive of material from Edinburgh University's Wave Power Group, including details of the invention and development of Salter's Duck along with explanations of how it works, illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. It really is brilliantly simple. Check it out. CLICK HERE.
EXTERNAL LINKS:
EDINBURGH WAVE POWER GROUP
Here you'll find an invaluable archive of material from Edinburgh University's Wave Power Group, including details of the invention and development of Salter's Duck along with explanations of how it works, illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. It really is brilliantly simple. Check it out. CLICK HERE.
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SALTER'S DUCK: CLEAN WAVE POWER
Given the high price of energy, the volatility of energy markets, and plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations, wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a reliable source of cheap, pollution-free energy? Well, here's the thing ... we do ... it was invented in the 1970s by Professor Stephen Salter of Edinburgh University and an independent study estimated that it could provide 85 percent of the electricity needs of the whole of Europe. It is an elegant, brilliantly simple method of harnessing wave power with an efficiency that puts other electricity generating technologies to shame.
Given the high price of energy, the volatility of energy markets, and plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations, wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a reliable source of cheap, pollution-free energy? Well, here's the thing ... we do ... it was invented in the 1970s by Professor Stephen Salter of Edinburgh University and an independent study estimated that it could provide 85 percent of the electricity needs of the whole of Europe. It is an elegant, brilliantly simple method of harnessing wave power with an efficiency that puts other electricity generating technologies to shame.