SOLAR LILY PADS Proposed for Glasgow’s Clyde River


	SOLAR LILY PADS Proposed for Glasgow’s Clyde River

ratilfar

5-12-2008 5:08 PM

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ratilfar says:

Pretty cool!

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5-12-2008 7:16 PM

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yeah

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