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The residents of an English housing estate commissioned a 150-meter tall, 4.2 megawatt wind turbine they now 100% own to combat local poverty. (theprogressplaybook.com)
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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It’s something I love but it also terrifies me. The electric grid is huge, critical, incredibly complex, and has lots of room for catastrophic failure.