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Re: AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE?

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From: meron
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 00:00
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In article <eaSGTVA73jmxEweD@upthorpe.demon.co.uk>, Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <4nd5mh$5og@pauling.wadsworth.org>, William Tivol
><tivol@news.wadsworth.org> writes
>>: kitana2@ix.netcom.com(Lana) wrote:
>>: >
>>: >    What kind of alternative energy source (other than fossil fuels) is
>>: >available in Egypt?
>
>s'obvious.
>
>Use (wait for it) pyramid power. It produces lots of Horus power.
>
>I take it we have all discounted hydro power, is the Nile all used up?
>
Not only is it quite used up, but the usage probably generated more 
damage then good.  A significant part of the power output of the Aswan 
Dam is dedicated to the production of fertilizers which were not
needed at all before the dam was build (the annual flooding of the 
Nile Delta maintained it fertile indefinitely).

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Subject: Re: AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE?
Date: 1996/05/16
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