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Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles

Law Columbia

For example, our report examines the common misconceptions that electric vehicles have a net harmful effect on climate change ( they do not ); that electromagnetic radiation from wind turbines poses a threat to human health ( it does not ); and that solar energy development negatively impacts U.S. jobs ( it does not ).

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Renewables: how Puerto Rico could turn a crisis into an opportunity

Edouard Stenger

All those fossil fuels thus have to be imported, and this has an impact on both prices and carbon footprint. . — Solar and wind. According to a paper published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 2015, Puerto Rico has 840 megawatts of potential wind power and only 120 MW of installed capacity.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Changes from the early 19 th century that led to the Industrial Revolution were based, in part, on the advanced in engineering that was fueled by advances in physics. Also, physics has been fundamental in developing turbines - the science behind wind farms that also generate electricity. Particle Physics.