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Is this target for wind power attainable?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 6 Oct 20

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to make renewable energy - and in particular wind power - the dominant form of energy generation in the country. The target is to have every home powered by wind energy by the year...

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Spooky lights in the sky

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382268) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Aug 17

We have seen a lot of wind farms while we’ve been travelling in France and also vast numbers of solar panels. Sometimes the huge barns they have here are covered in panels. Two years ago a friend in Bavaria told us there were...

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Man Made Global Warming Proof

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 30 Apr 12

It seems that a new study shows that Wind Farms (man made Green Energy) is causing the local temperature to increase at night which could lead to local weather and climate...

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Wind Turbines Frozen on Windy Days.

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 8 Feb 10

It seems that Minnesota has spent a lot of money for wind turbines only to find that on the windy days of winter the Tribunes are frozen and won't work. The cause is the Hydraulic Fluid and lubricants are turning into Gel and...

alternative energy

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Any opinions or information on wind machines as a power source.

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 23 Sep 09

I would like opinions, information, hearsay, anything really, on wind machines as a power source. There are none at all in this area and I have a friend who is thinking of investing in them as an energy source for his village. I'd...

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Solar Panels for your Home

altenergy @altenergy (1) • United States 15 Feb 09

How many here use solar energy to run anything in your home (or office)? Do you have solar panels? Do you use solar portable power? If you do not currently use solar energy, what is keeping you from doing so? If money was...

alternative energy

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Wind turbines - beatiful elegant structures or a blot on the landscape?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 30 Jun 07

I think wind turbines are a fantastic example of modern design and technology. I've seen quite a few wind farms and I think they are very elegant and pleasant to look at. When you consider the environmental and comericial...

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Renewable Energy Sources: do you believe in them?

Opteron @Opteron (1842) • Italy 12 Feb 07

I believe that carbon or petrol is about to end. In Italy gasoline price is so high (we pay 1.3€ per liter of gasoline! It's too much!) I think we need to detach from petrol and its derivates and begin to use other energy...

new power sources

renewable energy

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