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...streets and plants a bit of grass in between the stones. The surface cools down considerably. Then, there is the ancient technology of building wind-cooled houses in the #MiddleEast that I talked about last year. 2)
If "everyone" were able to cool down their...
2) So-called #Windcatcher|s in zhe #IrNuan oasis City of #Yazd with its #Badgirs (#wind towers):
How This Desert City Stays Cool With An Ancient Air Conditioning System
This is a Bâdgir an ancient air conditioner invented around the eighth century AD.Despite using no electricity, it has a cooling system that kept houses at a...YouTube
Can wind and solar solve climate change? Foreign Policy magazine reviews a new book that "unwittingly makes the case that they can’t."
Here's their review of Brett Christophers’s "The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet."
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Why Wind and Solar Won't Solve Climate Change
A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.Ted Nordhaus (Foreign Policy)
After a period of uncertainty during which Danish wind energy developer Orsted briefly pulled out of the project, the United States' largest offshore wind project is officially back on track.
Sunrise Wind will have a total capacity of 924 megawatts and will create about 800 jobs during construction and 300 during operations.
The wind farm is expected to provide clean, renewable power to 320,000 homes in New York. It is currently scheduled to come online in 2027.
