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Is it a romantic notion or even concievable; that energy from wave power can be harnessed?

A foolish and expensive endeavour, or a cheap and viable solution? How can anything survive the chaotic pounding waves and unpredictable nature, of a watery force with such corrosive properties?

Reasonable questions perhaps, but one must look to history, people and innovation to discover how anything that we have today, was not just an accident.

The deadly gun started as a loud, messy and cumbersome tool. The modern computer evolved from an on and off lighting system. Medicine began with a combination of largely unwilling participants, some logging and countless experiments. The motor car was a rough and unpredictable machine with a million faults, and took a leap of faith and perserverance, to make it any better than an organic horse. And it didn't smell much better, either.

The long bow and its partnered arrows, sought to entend distance.

But much of this happened on land....right?

Not really. The pioneers of Aviation needed the medicine of the time too, as they sought relentlessy to create some distance between themselves and the earth (they had to consider the landing as well).

Likwise, for the long-boat and its ambitions.

Should we even mention the people of Astromony who had an eye beyond their physical scope - and survived well enough with highly polished metallic lenses?

The major difference between then and now are the factors of;

• Some necessity
• Resources - intellectual, technological and financial.
• Improved Safety protocols and general awareness.
• A broader will, opposed to isolated cases of ingenuity.

A JCB  and machines of that ilk, can successfully negotiate rough and varied terrains. They are built to do a job and protect themselves at the same time. So why then, is it difficult to envisage the production of a machine which can cope with, and harness, wave energy? 'Tis a mental thing, perhaps; more than an engineering impossibility.

Now that the building boom and its exaggerated offerings are put into perspective; perhaps we can seek to  build and export, simple wave energy devices.