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ConcernedCanuk

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7. "We need carbon-free energy" and now what would that be?
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013

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It requires, at least at this point in time to utilize petroleum products to MAKE the stuff we need for solar arrays, hydroelectric dams, wind generators, wave generators and so on.

Solar is getting more efficient by the the year - and once it's up and running, it's pretty clean.

So is hydro-electricity - definitely NOT nuclear - too friggen dangerous, and the toxic continuous waste products are accumulating at an alarming rate.

There is no continuous toxic waste from solar, hydro and wind generators.

Given, they do have an effect on the environment, as does just the existence of 7 billion people on the planet.

If you have a totally clean solution for our energy needs,

I'd be very interested to hear it.

CC

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