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Sunday, Jul 11, 2004
If all goes well, an entire underwater wind farm of 200 to 300 sleek 15-feet-tall turbines will discreetly spin under the surface of the river by 2006, providing about 10 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 8,000 homes.
"That will make New York City one of the greenest cities in the world when it comes to locally produced clean energy," said Trey Taylor, the owner of Verdant Power, a company in Virginia that has been given permits by the city to build the submerged turbines.
Monday, Jun 21, 2004
Sugar in your tank?
Ford SUV hybrid doesn't Escape higher pricing
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Friday, Dec 12, 2003
"I'm a greenie now, because we've screwed up the earth without giving anything back to it," he said. "We've got to figure out new ways to burn less fuel."
Carroll Shelby on his OX2 engine
Tuesday, Nov 04, 2003
Suppose that over the next decade or two the forecasts of global warming start to come true. Color has drained from New England's autumns as maple trees die, and the Baltimore oriole can no longer be found south of Buffalo. The Dust Bowl has returned to the Great Plains, and Arctic ice is melting into open water. Upheavals in weather, the environment and life are accelerating around the world.
Then what?
Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003