If solar and wind power are to break out of their present tiny niche positions, they will need to achieve systems parity with traditional energy supplies.

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Businesses that buy wind turbogenerators get a tax break by way of accelerated depreciation.

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Having the means to stabilise failing banks and wind up failed ones would break the feedback between weak banks and weak sovereigns.

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By this point the sunshine in which the match started had given way to cloudy skies, a fairly strong wind and gentle rainfall, and break-point opportunities were few and far between.

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Although new laws in some states allow trust modifications for shifting circumstances, experts say taxpayers shouldn't push these limits because they could wind up with a trust but without a current tax break.

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Another issue is finding the right tubing that is flexible enough to wind up on a spool but resilient enough to not bend or break, either from internal fluid pressure or by being cut by plants and rocks on the landscape.

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The credit, which gives a tax break of 2.2 cents for every kilowatt-hour of energy produced by wind, was set to expire at the end of 2012 and will now include projects that complete construction in 2013.

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Look, from a pure PR perspective, you could break out everything into its 25 component parts, spent several weeks selling the component parts of wind energy, and passing it -- would it have made a PR difference?

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