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To: James Seagrove who wrote (1064365)4/9/2018 11:09:19 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1578900
 
"What is so special about the development of human civilization?"

Aside from my family and me, and you and yours?
Chuck Berry dies at 90, but his hit "Johnny B. Goode” lives on in space ...

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To: James Seagrove who wrote (1064365)4/9/2018 11:11:07 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578900
 
"Why is a sunny place like Saudi Arabia building nuclear-plants instead of solar-farms. "


I give up; why?


SoftBank, Saudi Arabia creating world's biggest solar power project

cnbc.com.



Mar 27, 2018 - Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank expanded their partnership on Tuesday, announcing the world's biggest solar power generation project at a press conference in New York. The endeavor was estimated to cost $200 billion through 2030 to build out all 200 gigawatts of the project. The 200 gigawatts of .