Ocean Wave Energy Fail

Here’s one more attempt at ocean wave energy. Note that this one is not just bad, it’s pitiful.

As waves pass a floating barge, water enters an L-shaped chamber (shown left) as the wave rises and exits when it falls.  This, and get this now, pushes air (not water) through a turbine.  So what you have here in essence is, a tiny wind turbine.

What makes hydrokinetics work at some level is high density of water, compared with air.  This throws that advantage out the window.