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Tide Power Dreams and Dooms in Passamaquoddy Bay
A 30 million dollar federal plan to harness Fundy tides at Passamaquoddy Bay could power Maine and beyond, but a chilling science tale by J B S Haldane warns tide engines might slow Earth's rotation and tilt the Moon, ending in a frozen, slowly spinning world by 25 million years hence. The piece links coastal power ambitions with a warning from a speculative 1927 book about planetary consequences.
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