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Old 11-09-2007, 08:37 PM
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Re: Wind turbines

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Originally Posted by Coley View Post
In response to Jez,
It depends on what method you could use to harness its power. A dam would be catastrophic to the area it flows out of upsetting the migratory birds that depend on our unique estuaries.
I guess someone needs to invent current turbines for rivers to harness the power fo the flow.
That would probably cause the least impact.
There are already such turbines.. built in Scotland and used in the Bay of Biscay
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