To the editor: A front-page article describes a project potentially beginning within a few months to build a “surf park” (“Big wave machine — by the sea — rolling into El Segundo,” Oct. 25). This will use about 5 million gallons of water and however much energy is needed to create surfable waves within a mile or so of a popular surfing beach in El Segundo.
How exactly does this fit into our continued efforts to reduce water use, or into mindful energy conservation to slow climate change?
Meanwhile, around a month ago, an article ran in the Los Angeles Times about AltaSea, a company now in a pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles, installing equipment on a pier to convert wave energy to electricity.
Altogether, these are some interesting perspectives regarding waves and our priorities for them.
