Tammuz Frankel, Author at TPR: The Public's Radio

Is A Real Or Artificial Christmas Tree Better For The Environment?

by Megan Hall, Molly Magid and Tammuz Frankel December 14, 2021January 18, 2024

Artificial trees create more greenhouse gas emissions during production since they
are made of plastic. Because real trees take in CO2 so when they grow, they have a negative
carbon footprint.

Episode, Possibly Podcast

How Many Wind Turbines Would It Take To Power Rhode Island?

by Megan Hall, Tammuz Frankel and Isha Chawla January 28, 2020January 18, 2024

Since the wind isn’t always blowing, Rhode Island uses natural gas power plants as a backup, which means that the electricity from wind farms isn’t 100% renewable. The best solution would be to store the electricity generated by wind turbines in batteries, but so far these batteries haven’t been big enough or cheap enough to use.

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