What About All of That Water

    According to the Energy Educators of Ontario, "In a four day period the planet's oceans absorb an amount of thermal energy from the sun and kinetic energy from the wind equivalent to all of the world's known oil reserves." (Stuart Baird, M. Eng, M. A.).  Consider that for just a moment.  A four day period!  So what's the problem?  Just the usual cost factors.  Initial investments are still too large due to the lack of development in harnessing the ocean's energy.
   To remove the heat energy from the oceans, we take advantage of the temperature difference between the surface water and the cooler, deep water.  Warm, surface water can be converted to steam under a vacuum and the steam drives a turbine.  The cool ocean water is then used to condense the steam.  The condensed steam can be used for irrigation or drinking water since it is relatively salt free.
    There are several methods of producing electricity from wave motion.   Most of them convert the mechanical motion to electricity by driving fluid to turn an electric turbine.  The chief problem involved is that the devices must be able to withstand the increased wave force associated with storms.  This makes such devices fairly expensive.