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Those wind turbines and electric cars don't look so eco-friendly now....

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  1. Fat Controller

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    Interesting BBC article that amongst other things, for me, shows that all we are doing with the current so called eco-friendly products is shifting the environmental damage away from our doorstep and putting it on someone else's (and greatly concentrated too, by the looks of it)!
     
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      I've never thought of wind turbines as eco-friendly. They're not very reliable and need regular maintenance. So although each kw/h is eco-friendly in terms of generation the footprint to keep them in service is not very eco-friendly at all.

      Baotou looks a nightmare of a city.
       
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