"Along with solar/wind/tide technologies we could energize the economy and insure our national security."

You might be interested in this article from our local newspaper regarding tidal/wavepower energy;

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It seems that no matter what, there are those who are against it.  When I first moved to this community in the 1980's we used to have an activist group called the CAVE people. CAVE stands for Citizens Against Virtually Everything.  They used to go to all the City council meetings and would oppose everything just on priniciple. I haven't seen them around lately.  :)