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They want it to mar someone elses of course. Placing the turbines far off shore could help alleviate the problem.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/technology/l/80287/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/80287/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Wind power may have its own environmental problems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wind power generation is expected to be a clean and environmentally friendly natural energy source, but a new kind of environmental problem has surfaced as infrasonic waves caused by windmills are suspected of causing health problems for some people.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/science/l/126812/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/126812/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa Planning $1.5 Billion 500 Megawatt Wind Farm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Other countries have unveiled plans recently for large-scale renewable energy projects, but the U.S. has some impressive projects of its own. 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The machine whips flour, water, tomato sauce, and other ingredients to make a fresh pizza in about 3 minutes.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/102328/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102328/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[All UK Domestic Electricity To Come From Wind Power By 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Hutton, Business Secretary has announced plans to build 7000 offshore wind turbine generators in the next 12 years, increasing the amount of energy generated from wind 30 times.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/43687/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43687/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[NBC11 First U.S. TV Station To Run On Wind Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[The station has offset its electricity with 100 percent certified energy certificates, according to station officials.<br/><br/>That means every bit of power used at the studios on the 2400 block of North First Street in San Jose is replaced on the grid by clean energy created by wind farms.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/53549/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53549/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The luxury vending machine which sells Bentley convertibles, designer dresses... and 24 carat gold handcuffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are times when an ordinary vending machine simply will not do.<br/><br/>That at least seems to be the theory of a luxury hotel chain which has has come up with the ultimate in Automats, offering everything from a Bentley convertible to a Jean Paul Gaultier dress - or a set of 24 carat gold handcuffs.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/106809/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/106809/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman on oxygen machine dies after power cut: family]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died shortly after a power company cut the electricity supply to her home over an unpaid bill.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/21872/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21872/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pizza Vending Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wonderpizza Machine dispenses a hot crispy pizza in three different choices, served on a practical tray in  less then 2 minutes!<br/>The first machine's part is a refrigeration unit, the second one houses an electrical oven (NO MICROWAVE). Each vending machine holds up to 102 pizzas in three different flavours.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/technology/l/11992/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/11992/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Sage grouse unlikely focus of Wyoming wind wars]]></title><description><![CDATA[They used to mine coal Carbon. Now this patch of Wyoming is a battleground in the debate over the clean energy source of the future: wind power.<br/><br/>At the heart of the dispute are plans that conservationists fear could disrupt threatened habitat such as sage brush, a dwindling piece of the region's fragile ecosystem]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/129760/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129760/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Pumping wind power underground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iowa Stored Energy Park plans to use compressed air to store power generated by wind turbines.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/technology/l/15377/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/15377/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Research suggests winds dying down]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wind, a favorite power source of the green energy movement, seems to be dying down across the United States. And the cause, ironically, may be global warming - the very problem wind power seeks to address.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/science/l/121762/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/121762/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it dangerous to live close to wind turbines? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northern Ireland&#8217;s potential to lead the way on green power could be threatened by fears of health dangers to people living near wind turbines. <br/>Dr Nina Pierpoint has warned that living too close to wind turbines can cause heart disease, tinnitus, vertigo, panic attacks, migraines and sleep deprivation in groundbreaking research due to be published later this year.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/science/l/129762/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/129762/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat survives washing machine ordeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pet, called Zoro, climbed into the drum of the washing machine on Thursday night, before the family's sons, aged three and four, started the 90-degree wash cycle which uses near-boiling water to tackle stubborn stains.]]></description><link>http://arts.plime.com/plime-com/l/129651/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129651/1/</guid><category>arts</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Wind Dam on Lake Lagoda]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dam project, which would be located over a gorge at Lake Lagoda in north-west Russia, is believed to be the first of its kind. 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