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Replenish Eroded Beaches
Removing energy from waves for conversion to electricity prior to their breaking, directly reduces the cause and therefore the rate of beach erosion. If the beach sand is no longer subject to the disruptive influence of uncontrolled energy being released from the breaking waves as turbulence then here is what can be expected:
a) There is no need for increasingly scarce tax dollars to be spent on multi-million dollar beach replenishment projects. Beach replenishment is the natural by-product of harvesting wave energy. b) Not only the beach but, businesses and jobs dependant on tourism are secure as well as the tax revenues derived from the valuable privately owned beachfront properties. c) Sand is not being deposited down current on the beach of a neighboring town which may already have too broad a beach. d) The local marine eco-system of flora and fauna are not being disrupted. e) Fewer spinal cord injuries to surfers and bathers. As a by-product of wave energy harvesting, beaches are replenished to a natural, gradually sloping profile . Due to the cost of typical dredged and pumped style beach replenishment projects trying to achieve the maximum beach area per tax dollar, the beach profile tends to drop off steeply. This causes the approaching waves to break abruptly casting surfers and bathers headlong into the sand with tragic results.
Protecting The Beaches and Marine Life From Ecological Disaster
One would be hard pressed to think of a more devastating tragedy to befall a coastal community, both environmentally and economically, than to have crude oil from an offshore drilling rig, leaking tanker or terrorist act, washing up onto their beaches. Because the Giggawattz system is deployed in series parallel to the coast, it serves continuous duty as an oil containment boom capable of preventing oil spills, debris, and medical waste from reaching and contaminating beaches and marine life.
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Peter F. Boyce, Inventor 4416 Route 47, Delmont, NJ 08314 Peter@Giggawattz.com 609-501-3351 |
