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'Solar Updraft Towers'
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_updraft_tower

I first heard about this a few years ago. Wikipedia has a pretty good article with a conceptual design and schematic. The idea makes a lot of sense, but the scale of this thing is huge. I hope they can eventually build it.

Steve G.

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