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Dubai Metro… a flop?

Ssssekht!
It is both sad and frustrating to read such an article:
It grows food in sand, powers homes and the sun and this year launches the world’s finest city-wide electric car system …
… Drivers will plug in their cars to recharge for several hours at home, work or at designated free car parks throughout the country … The electricity for the cars will come from solar technology being developed in the desert …
The praising article goes on:
… “we are smart because we know that we have to be to survive” … revolutionised the watering of agricultural crops more than 40 years ago … leading the way in a new technology that harnesses solar power for clean electricity production … One company was snapped up by the German industrial giant Siemens last year for more than $400 million … is developing a system to generate electricity from the pressure of traffic driving along roads…
But what about Lebanon? Here is where we stand: Read the rest of this entry »
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