"It is true that doing wind in urban environments is a lot trickier than in rural environments, " said Johanna Partin, San Francisco's Renewable Energy Program manager, who also coordinates the task force.

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Man, this all sounds a little too weird to be true, but apparently Wind River's VP of Marketing told LinuxDevices that they do have at least one customer who expects to ship a phone in the US running Wind River Linux before Christmas.

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It is also true that this use of wind power does lead to CO2 not being emitted so in that sense it works.

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It holds true with renewable power plants, such as solar and wind facilities.

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This is true not just for oil and coal, but also of wind and solar.

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As for Fox's claim about the ease of shifting to wind, solar and hydropower, "if that was true, we'd be doing it, " said Stephen Ansolabehere, a Harvard University professor who has studied public attitudes toward renewable energy.

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