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January 16, 2013

How Britain Went Tilting At Windmills

Michael Hanlon, Daily Telegraph


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The unfortunate technical term is “intermittent renewables”. This is the name given to the wave of green energy sources such as solar, wind and wave power. Wind farms are certainly “renewable” but they are also unreliable, say opponents.

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