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Old 08-22-2005, 01:15 PM   #2
Cyclefrance
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by Griff
I saw the most ironic scene while riding Saturday. Somebody had a NO WIND TURBINES sign in their front yard and one of those little 6' windmills in the flowers behind it...
Windfarms represent yet another false hope. They're nowhere near as efficient as expected and have a huge infrastructural overhead. LIke so many forms of alternative energy the downside could outweigh the upside - now, if it was ethanol and hydrogen fuel cells....
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