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Advantages

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 Renewable

•  Releases no greenhouse gases

•  Power is not intermittent, solar updraft will still

work if it is dark or there is cloud cover

•  Relatively cheap to maintain

• Potential tourism revenue

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Problems

• Visual pollution

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Could cause local desertication

• Ecosystem degradation

• Road building, turbine noise