CFCs, definition of

This refers to using the wind to generate power, either directly in the form of mechanical energy (i.e. for pumping water) or via generators to produce electricity.

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  DOJ will probably recommend SuperMax for life.
• The Federal War Against Your Lifestyle
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• Claim: 1987 Montreal Ozone Rules Held Back “Scorched Earth” Extreme Global Warming
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• Claim: The Montreal Protocol Saved the Arctic From Global Warming
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• Mystery of banned CFCs resurgence may be solved
  The world recently learned that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-damaging industrial gas banned under the 1997 Montreal Protocol, have made an unexpected comeback, with significant emissions detected in the atmosphere...
• Levels of ozone-destroying CFCs are mysteriously rising
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• Ooops. Despite Montreal Protocol, ozone-destroying CFC’s on the rise
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• Earth’s ‘ozone hole’ shrinks to lowest since 1988
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