Re: Over charged by my post office


dnsey wrote:

associated with other fossil fuels. The exception is nuclear power
generation, where matter is converted directly into energy.

And tidal power, which extracts gravitational potential energy from
the Earth-Moon-Sun(to a lesser extent) system.

Cheers

mark-r

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