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One of the more badass sources of power. You've got uranium from supernovas, some form of captured solar energy, tapping the heat from the planet's core, or, in this case, directly slowing down the very rotation of the earth while pushing the moon away.
That planetary core thing will probably be quite a way off, tho it last for millions of years. But the whole planet is swathed in tides, in-and-out.
Yeah and any friction from tides(instead of free movement) slows the rotation and pushes the moon away. It's using the leverage of the gravity to perform work against the planet itself. Devices like underwater turbines, by extracting energy from the tidal currents, effectively increase this friction, which in turn amplifies the effect. The amount of energy naturally pulled out of this system is entirely dependent on the size of the tidal bulge and the shape of the seafloor/coast.
As for geothermal, we do use it, but only in hot spots.
Sit down sometime, make a realistic model of tidal power usage, and then figure out how long it'd before before 'the moon being pushed away' becomes visible. Once you can do that, then come back here and tell us about your calculations.
Of course the tides 'rubbing against' the Earth's surface have been 'pushing the moon away' at a far, far greater rate for billions of years. Big deal.
I also don't think that geothermal power installations stand to solidify the earths core and remove our magnetosphere. I just think it's cool that it's literally where the power is coming from.