Waveenergy is in its relative infancy, but its proponentstake heart from the rapid advances of other renewable technologies and the benefits that have flowed from them.
The White House even fought to the bitter end for a cap-and-trade bill that the House passed and would have imposed higher costs for electric power, transportation, manufacturing and most goods and services as this tax flowed down the energy chain.
On a drizzly Saturday in Bridgeview, just southwest of Chicago, a disc jockey pumped hip-hop music out of large speakers, beer flowed from a sales stand and energy drinks were handed out.