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    Science SC Test

    Other benefit of Solar and it zero emissions are that you can put the panels at the load (your house) so you don't have the I^2/R losses (loss to cable heating) you get when you transmit power over long distances... Doesn't rip-up bush-land either, like building a coal station. :) Somethign...
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    Science SC Test

    Corn starch plastic Q 37 had at least 2 right answers - Benefits of Plantic. (B) It is made from a renewable resource = corn not oil, etc (D) Plantic does not add CO2 to the atmosphere. While CO2 is released from Plantic when it gets wet and decomposes, it is CO2 from the atmosphere...
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    any private college students??

    Almost Newcastle... Watch out for them - they have a scam going... If you do nursing there they have you working in their Adventist hospital... Once you finish the course they won't register you until you pay in full, so they have you working as a trainee on low wages, so it takes you...
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    Science SC Test

    Coal contains significant traces of all sorts of things, including uranium, so when you burn coal you put uranium into the atmosphere... It didn't say you needed to do hydro or coal, but think they may have been fishing for it...
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