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Coal shmoal. We have 767 wind farms and one HOT sun

05 Dec 05:45am

Filed under: Climate Change, Coal, Corruption, Electricity, Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Wind Power

In the mid-eighteenth century, coal engines did not only power factories and illuminate streets; they fired up entire nations. Burning coal allowed for material production to explode.

Our collective sunburn from the weekend could power a third-world country…

It facilitated the development of the quintessential assembly line necessary to produce building materials like iron to build infrastructure and allowed for the mass production boom. Burning coal allowed goods to be transported across countries and saw diaspora from pastoralist lifestyles to the thick smog of the city for employment.

In 1863 Sydneysiders saw electricity in action for the first time with the illumination of a battery powered lamp on Observatory Hill in celebration of the marriage of the Prince of Wales.

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06:43pm | 05/12/12

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