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Letter: Tower of power

Published 28 August 2004

From Patricia Scott

How long will it take the proposed solar-power plant to generate enough “green” electricity to offset the huge amount of greenhouse gases that will be generated by its construction (31 July, p 42)? Producing 700,000 cubic metres of concrete alone requires a lot of fossil fuel.

Roleystone, Western Australia

Issue no. 2462 published 28 August 2004

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