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Maldives to be powered by wind and solar
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 20th March 2009 at 10:35 am
The President of the Maldives has set an example for the world by announcing that his country will be carbon-neutral within a decade. Half a square kilometre of rooftop solar panels, 155 large wind turbines and a biomass plant burning coconut husks will generate the electricity the island country ne…
Posted in: General, Biomass, Solar electricity, Wind turbines
Stupid, or not stupid?
Posted by Cathy Debenham on 17th March 2009 at 9:20 am
I went to the premiere of The Age of Stupid on Sunday night. That's a first for me, having never been to a premiere before. But I didn't walk down the green carpet in Leicester Square - just a trip to Exeter Picture House - where we watched what was going on in London, before the simultaneous showin…
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