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Wave power

Nature volume 249, pages 720–724 (1974)Cite this article

Solar energy is one form of income on which we can afford to live. Here is another proposal: the use of power from the waves at sea.

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Salter, S. Wave power. Nature 249, 720–724 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249720a0

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