Can't re-invent the wheel :(

It was our 'Corporate Environment Management and Carbon Markets' class, i would say early morning... Just to 'set the context', this class is like an extension of the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Btw, if you haven't seen this documentary, i strongly recommend it.
So while some mention of renewable energy, small dams being built on waterfalls and oppsoition toward dams etc... i had a thought.

Why don't we use wave energy for generation of electricity? I wrote it down and asked my friend. She didn't react much. I wrote again... i think i have got a brilliant idea, i will be a millionare now :)
She said, lets google and see after the class. Now as i have already stressed, google is really insensitive. And so it happened... the idea is already out there!!

See for yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/14/magazines/fsb/nextlittlething_wave_power.fsb/index.htm http://www.wavegen.co.uk/
However, i do think this should be pursued seriously.

With the UPA Govt now gaining majority minus the Left, we could hope for action on clean energy mechanism in the form of nuclear energy sometime in future(At last, they'll do something!!). However, its merits remain debatable to many, so alternate options have to be explored for sustainable development(Yes!! This is an after effect of writing my mid-terms... forgive the use of any cliche jargon).