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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-10 12:27 AM
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Major Renewable Energy Accidents: 1) Banqiao, Aug '75, 200,000 + dead.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam

Total Destruction of more than 8,000 MWe power.

2) Vajont Dam, 2000 dead, March 1963, Vajont Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam

3) Malpassat dam collapse, France, December 1959, 421 dead

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpasset

4) Kelly Barnes dam, November 6, 1977, 39 dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Barnes_Dam

5) Val di Stava dam, July 19, 1985, 268 dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_di_Stava_Dam_collapse

6) Shakidor Dam 70 dead, February 2005, 1200 People washed out into Arabian Sea and rescued by the Pakistani military.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakidor_Dam

7) Situ Gitung Dam, March 2009, 100 dead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situ_Gintung

8) Biomass toxicity burning, 1.6 million dead per year every damn year:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs292/en/index.html

Have a nice oblivious denialist "renewables are perfect" evening. Try not to breathe any fumes from the Gulf put there by Amory Lovins' employers at BP.
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