Energy Flashes

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March/April 1975
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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THEY'RE CALLING PEAT "BROWN GOLD" IN IRELAND these days and for good reason. The fuel-once considered a lowly symbol of poverty-is now being used to fire one-fourth of the country's electric power stations and "briquettes" of the material for home use are in such demand that they're being rationed. The Irish Peat Board has embarked on a five-year $66.5 million expansion program, and estimates that use of the low-cost natural resource will save the nation $100 million annually.

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