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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has

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France Hopes to Get More Wind Energy from Its Coasts France recently launched its first floating wind turbine. The new turbine is called Floatgen. It is near the countrys western coast. Makers of the turbine say it is able to provide electricity for

SSS 2009-06-26

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies, but what about wind? A team of s

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This morning, New Zealanders had an extra hour in bed because we turned our clocks back. Summer time is finished. Already, we can feel the mornings and evenings are colder. In most of the South Island, the day time temperatures are cold too. However,

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US Fishermen Fear the Growth of Wind Power Industry Fishermen on the northeastern coast of the United States are voicing concerns about the development of offshore wind power. Some of the fishermen are based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The town wa

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New Technology Harvests Energy from River and Tidal Movement A number of companies have used the wind and sun to produce energy. Now, one company is using the force of flowing rivers and ocean currents. The company is based in the U.S. state of Maine

Gas Shortage Intensifies in Mexico

Broadcast: Feb 13, 2003 Demand for electricity is growing in Mexico, but the state-owned oil company, known as Pemex, is reducing the amount of natural gas it can provide for electrical generation. Th

SSS 2009-03-16

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On March 11th, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called for a moonshot for energy independence. Hes set up a task force to look into the large-scale product

VOA慢速英语2014 WHO: Millions Die Every Year from Air Pollution

WHO: Millions Die Every Year from Air Pollution From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today on the program, we look at our natural world. We report on the price of air pollution on human li

VOA标准英语2012--Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats

Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ

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Matthew: Hey Kat, you were just telling me about all the pros and cons of different renewable energies and you just got me thinking we're going to run outof oil in the next couple of decades. There's reports that say we're going to run out of oil in

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the possibilities of getting more energy through water. Humans have long harnessed the power of water to perform work. In modern time, hydroelectricity, generated by the power of water flowing through turbines at the base of dams

新西兰英语 33 Electricity

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Do you have gas? Beginners. What kind of a question is that? Are you talking about my body or my car? Well, actually, I am talking about your car. Gas, or petrol, as it is called in England, is a big subject at the moment. Driving a car has become re

VOA常速英语2008年-Israel to Redistribute Gas Masks Amid Fears of

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 April 2008 Israel is strengthening security on its home front in a sign of war jitters. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is casting a wary eye toward Iran. Israel's security Cabinet has decide

60秒科学:Wind's Power Potential Quantified

Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies. But what about wind? A team of scientists estimates that wind turbines in the continental U.S. could produce 16 times more ele

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Meridian Energy has decided not to go ahead with their plan to put 176 wind turbines in Central Otago. Local people set up a protest group. This group has spent a lot of time and money fighting to stop Meridian Energy for the last six years. In 2009,

经济学人468:天燃气发电业逐渐升温

Business. 商业。 Electric power. 电力。 Slow burners. 天燃气发电业逐渐升温。 Cheap gas will boost makers of giant turbines. 廉价天然气将促进大型涡轮机生产厂家的发展。 THE boom in shale-gas production in America,

美国国家公共电台 NPR As More Electric Cars Arrive, What's The Future For Gas-Powered Engines?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Democrats' proposed Green New Deal calls for America to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation, an ambitious goal that would require - among many other things - phasing out cars that run on gasoline. That m