Alternating Current

France is embarking upon a renewable-energy project that uses tide-driven turbines on the ocean floor just off the coast. The first to benefit from it will be 3,000 homes in Brittany. (And p.s., apparently, the turbines pose no threat to fish) (video): http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/taxonomy/term/22644/121119/the-earth-project-tidal-wave