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Published online 18 March 2009 | Nature 458, 264-265 (2009) | doi:10.1038/458264a

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Europe's green billions

Clean-energy investments target eastern Europe, but it remains to be seen whether they will create as many new jobs as hoped.

Three months after European Union (EU) leaders committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gases by at least 20% from 1990 levels by 2020, the European Commission has announced that it will subsidize 'green' programmes and infrastructures with €105 billion (US$136 billion).

The windfall comes from the union's €347 billion in 'structural' funds.

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  • Social engineering plus unintended consquences equals more social engineering. Postive feedback is no way to design an engine. Subtracting 500+ GW continuous from the Earth's winds reeks of planetary spin-atmospheric flow coupling "anomalies".

    • 19 Mar, 2009
    • Posted by: "Uncle Al" Schwartz