[cyclonebuster]

Calculate the KE of a wall of salt water moving six miles per hour 200 feet tall 40 miles wide 100 feet long. Also, look at the trillions of dollars they save from preventing and reversing global warming when we need as now the climate can be regulated with the tunnels.

[Zythryn]

Cyclone, no one is questioning that there is a lot of energy in ocean currents.
The question is how to you harness it. You have to first capture that energy in a usable form (i.e. generating electricity or such) and then get that power to the location that will use it.
Surely you aren't suggesting a 'tunnel' that is 40 miles wide? What type of torque is the structure going to need to resist?

[cyclonebuster]

Originally Posted by Zythryn

Cyclone, no one is questioning that there is a lot of energy in ocean currents.
The question is how to you harness it. You have to first capture that energy in a usable form (i.e. generating electricity or such) and then get that power to the location that will use it.
Surely you aren't suggesting a 'tunnel' that is 40 miles wide? What type of torque is the structure going to need to resist?

Of course not just one "Tunnel" but many that would equal the 40 miles. Perhaps, a few thousand of them would suffice.I am pretty sure computer modeling can show us how many are needed.