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Old 03-28-2017, 09:34 PM  
2MuchMark
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Well either way you need to burn coal to make electricity,
No, you don't.

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dam rivers & kill migrating fish,
If done poorly, perhaps.

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put up gross looking eagle killing windmills
DDT is the #1 killer of Eagles, followed by electrocution, then Lead (When they eat dead animals shot by hunters), followed by Gabbitat Destruction. Windmills are not on the list. Source

And before you ask "what about the other birds", here's a handy-dandy chart:



And exactly what is more gross looking? A tall wind turbine surrounded by green grass and tress (or ocean) and fresh-smelling air?



Or an oil tower spewing out black oil, killing everything around it and poisoning the air, ground and water for years?






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or gross looking solar panels
They aren't gross looking to me, but ok, it's relative. If you want solar but don't want solar panels, you now have solar tiles:



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on roofs that lower property value of surrounding houses.
Says who? According to Forbes, "A group of California economists looked at that question in a recent study and found that on average, homeowners in California who install photovoltaic solar panels to power their homes can recover nearly all the investment costs if they move--and that’s on top of the annual energy savings.". Source

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Whatever gets you through the night
Come on man. Don't be lazy.

Peace.
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