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The Inevitability of a 100% Renewable Energy Supply with Rosie Barnes

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The Magic of Composite Materials

I'm fascinated by the physics, the materials. How on earth you can make something that is basically an enormous lever that's only joined on at one point that is over 100 meters long? It just makes no sense to my very crude grasp of physics that should just fall off. The strength involved is staggering. And because they're not, you know, I sort of think, oh they must be very light because they're made like aeroplane mings. They weigh tons don't they?"

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