It took you two hours to cut and paste from a website and pass it off as your own information. You obviously don't know anything about tidal energy or ocean thermal energy. If you did, as you claim to be an expert ("I know all about alternative fuel technologies") then you would know tidal energy is not trivial. And you didn't even cut and paste accurately. How sad :(

European investors, and Portland's own Northwest Energy Innovations, along with the state of Hawaii, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Navy have worked on tidal energy for several years. In September, the first tidal wave power plant went online. Hmm... didn't you know that? Of course you didn't because you aren't an expert. You are a con man. By some estimates tidal energy can eventually produce nearly a quarter of energy in the U.S. Those are what real experts say, not someone like you perpetrating a con on unsuspecting people on these discussion forums. You really are pathetic.