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Iceland's volcanoes could power the UK: but at what cost?

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Not sure the cost of a Cu or Al cable compares to the pointless and massive £35billion proposed for further wind farms. Even this figure equates to over 4 million 4KW solar panel systems for the same number of homes. Shale gas ?, each well requires around 3 million gallons of water, we don't have enough of that to wash the car even. Sounds like a no brainer to me but hey I'm not a politician

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16 Apr 2012

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1:35 pm

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