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Windmills have been used for at least 3,000 years, mainly for grinding grain or pumping water |
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In Germany, scientists have constructed a new wind turbine that generates a great amount of electricity |
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Wind power has come to fall into disuse with the advent of cheap fossil-fuelled engines |
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There is now a reappraisal of wind energy because of the dramatic increases in crude oil prices |
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Lately, there has been widespread interest in using wind energy for remote dwellings |