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World's Biggest Wind Farm Opens in UK

Posted September 24, 2010 8:28 AM

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The world's largest offshore wind farm opened off the Kent coast today, with 100 turbines generating enough electricity to power 200,000 homes. Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, built by Swedish power company Vattenfall, can produce up to 300MW of electricity. It farm will boost the UK's wind power capacity by 30 per cent, pushing it over the 5GW mark - enough to power all the homes in Scotland.

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09/25/2010 3:38 AM

The only sad thing is that a once proud engineering nation couldn't do this for herself, thanks Maggie (Thatcher), mind good old Bush licker Tony (and that's Cherrie's I'm talking about) didn't help the steel industry much did he?
But hey we have plenty of charity shops, shoe shops and banks.
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09/25/2010 6:24 AM

Bragging or complaining?

The US is playing catch up so if the UK wants to maintain first place in the race to the bottom - better take care!

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09/25/2010 11:12 AM

The real irony is that less than 2 months before the contract was awarded, the UK's only wind turbine manufacturer, on the Isle of Wight, closed down, having been refused bridging support whilst bidding by Gordon and Alistair.

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09/25/2010 12:15 PM

Bunch on bankers the lot of 'em.
BTW I meant to say 'NOT' Cherie's but it works either way, I'm sure he was licking both GBWs ar$e and Cherrie's hmmmphmumblechoughsplutter. And maybe that B should be a W.
The damn banks give 0% on credit and 19% on debits when the condescend to give 'em, and they think they are clever to make a proffit doing this... a baboon in a hat could make a profit doing that, (and he might not even need the hat)
Talking of baboons, I shot some 3D targets today with my new bow, got the rubber baboon in the ass.
Stepped on an arrow, I'll have to make a jig for splicing footings onto old arrows as shafts are damn expensive abd re-fletching 'em is a pain.
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09/25/2010 5:49 PM

The more the globe warms, the more the wind blows.

The more the wind blows, the more energy you get out of windmills.

The more energy you get out of windmills, the less you need to get from fossil fuels.

The less fossil fuel you use, the less CO2 you produce.

The less CO2 you produce, the less the globe warms.

The less the globe warms, the less the wind blows.

My infinite loop alarm just buzzed.

(There's a hole in the bucket...)

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09/25/2010 5:51 PM

You don't even need a Weatherman to tell you that!

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09/27/2010 6:03 AM

So now we know your name is Hennery.

Are you the Eighth?

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