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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] ryedaft 6 points 1 week ago

No.

You can't do a full conversion of energy. If all the energy in the waves was absorbed the generators wouldn't be moving and no energy would be generated. It would be a paradox. That wasn't very ELI5 but again "No".