The Pros And Cons Of Ownership Of Tidal Power Plants

When building a tidal power plant the estimated startup cost is anywhere from $66 million dollars to $15 billion dollars. Many machines are required to run together to produce enough energy for a power block. The machinery also needs to be built to withstand the corrosion of salt water or to be able to have parts replaced as they start to deteriorate. The tidal energy output is only 40% of the installed generating capacity, therefore there need to be other sources or a way to contain the energy that is being produced so that in the down time, or when energy is not being produced there will be back up to continue providing enough energy. Tidal power is also site-specific, which would require the use of lengthy transmission lines to carry the

According to the Freedom of the Seas Doctrine that has been in place since the first ship sailed the ocean, the people own the oceans all of us. (Who owns the oceans? - HowStuffWorks:, 2008) In this doctrine, the three-mile buffer of the ocean that is connected to a coastal shore is given to the coastal towns. The remaining water were to be shared by all nations for trade and commerce. So the question is who has final ownership of these plants once they are put into place. According to the Freedom of the Seas Doctrine, the plants would be owned by the company building them but the land would be owned by the coastal town in which the land surrounds. This would be like mineral rights while I may own the mineral rights and the land a company can come in and dig a well if I choose to allow them to, they then have to pay me so much per barrel of crude that is pumped out of my ground to compensate me for owning the land that they are

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