True, but it's being wasted anyway. The amount of power dissipated in the daily tides is around 3.75 terawatt, around 3 million times as much. And don't assume

True, but it's being wasted anyway. The amount of power dissipated in the daily tides is around 3.75 terawatt, around 3 million times as much. And don't assume this 1.2 MW adds to that total, a good portion of it is simply substituted.