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Old 19th December 2007, 11:55 AM
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How many windmills do you need to produce the 70GW the UK currently consumes?
depends on which technology you go with.......conventional wind farm turbines produce 5 megawatts, so you would need 70GW/5MW.....

though you could go this way....http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/26/...urbine-maglev/
and reduce the number to 70.....

or if you like the more personal touch, you could go with one of these build your own jobs.........70GW/1.5KW....

but my true favorite is http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...y/4224763.html

which can be built out of trash found in Haitian garbage dumps and will replace a kerosene operated lantern in a corrugated tin shack........
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