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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