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Meglev Wind Turbine: 1000x More Efficient Than Windmill

What you see in the distance is a mockup of the Maglev Wind Turbine that is reportedly 1000x more efficient than a standard windmill. The massive boost in efficiency comes in the form of the Maglev requiring 100 acres of land where a standard 1000-mill farm of windmills requires around 64,000 acres of land. Additionally the [...]

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Pelosi and Reid Kill Renewable Energy Funding

This is an interesting story from Toby Barlow’s blog. Vote Solar describes the issue as: Thursday morning, Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi decided to drop the renewable energy standard out of the energy bill and drop the tax title. No tax title means no extension of the investment tax credit for solar, and no extention of [...]

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