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Old 23rd-May-2008, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MarkuisMellvile View Post
Why can't some coal use in the medium term be part of the accepted mixture of energy technologies used to provide power?
Thats the way to go and remember that coal can be a source of oil for years to come.

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We should all work towards an energy infrastructure where the skills of miners and steel manufacturing and fabrication are applied in producing non-fossil turbines, engine technologies and renewable energy systems - not lost!

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Just as long as we are talking water turbines My distaste for wind is mainly that it is not reliable,never will be,and is so bloody unsightly in the form of windfactories.As for skills,its late in the day to start worrying on that score,we have lost so much .
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