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Originally Posted by Michael
And if his was a solar facility, like the one in Portugal, there would be nothing to leak. If it was a wind farm like the one Boone Pickens is builing in Texas, there would be nothing to spill. If we simply retrofitted traditional coal fired plant cooling towers with vortex turbines, we would have a subsantial increase in energy production with no possible leaks.
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At the solar plant, someone could get fried if they fell on a panel, or slip and fall on a banana peel. The wind farm will kill thousands of migrating birds, and possible alter regional climates by diverting winds. If coal plants had a cost-effective way to increase efficiency, they would.