We're charged up for this weeks topic. Seriously though, generating power kills lots of people. Join us as we discuss the myriad ways power generation is deadly such as burning alive on windmills, cooking birds mid flight for solar energy, and setting an ocean on fire as a diversion.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation
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