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24. K&R. I was glad to hear this too. It will be challenging for them.

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:12 PM

Sep 2012

But I'm glad to see they will be making the effort.

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Why is that sad? n/t bitchkitty Sep 2012 #2

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Good for Germany and Japan. I only wish this country would be so intelligent. mbperrin Sep 2012 #7

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WTF?!?! "Cloudy conditions do not affect solar" PavePusher Sep 2012 #14

Google is your friend. There are no secrets on the internet. mbperrin Sep 2012 #16

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Yes, just mouth off. Don't bother to check anything real. mbperrin Sep 2012 #21

One of us needs to do his/her homework, and it's not me NickB79 Sep 2012 #25

So now you concede that cloudy conditions don't prevent solar panels from working. mbperrin Sep 2012 #26

Wow, have you read anything in this thread at all? NickB79 Sep 2012 #27

I grew up in a very, very cloudy area. It does have wind, though. amandabeech Sep 2012 #36

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What you said: "Cloudy conditions do not affect solar..." PavePusher Sep 2012 #33

Heck, I concede defeat! Solar is no good, wind is no good, the only good clean mbperrin Sep 2012 #37

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K&R. I was glad to hear this too. It will be challenging for them. Overseas Sep 2012 #24

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