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Dan Bubb wrote:
> Canada is indeed fortunate that the majority of its energy needs are met by hydroelectricity. Over 50% which is a pretty amazing number.
> Here in the States the percentage is much smaller, even less than nuclear, under 10%.
> I suspect that Canada is the exception as far as the percentage of it's renewable energy usage.
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Cool Dan, I did not know that...  [/Johnny Carson]  :-)


David
> From: "Jean-Claude Desinor" <desinor@sympatico.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:20 AM
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>    You do not need to burn coal to get electricity ...
>    Here we get it by turning turbines with water.
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> Jean-Claude
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> David Utley a ?crit :
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>> I have always wondered why manufacturers looked at burning Hydrogen, if 
>> for no other reason that Hydrogen is not naturally occurring.  The only 
>> way to get it is to electrify water, which means burning more coal...
>>
>> Neat idea for the environment, just a bad idea for the environment....
>>
>> David'
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>> PS--  Anyone smarter than me is encouraged to take me to school...
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>> julie@menloparkrandd.com wrote:
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>>> What a blast:
>>> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2006-03-14T184722Z_01_L14736637_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUTOS-BMW-HYDROGEN.xml 
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