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U.S. farm town tries for all-renewable energy

July 11, 2006

Reynolds, Indiana - This farming hamlet is aiming to generate its own electricity and gas, using everything from municipal trash to farm waste, hog manure and even town sewage.

If the experiment works, Reynolds and its 500 residents will be America's first community to use renewable resources to meet the energy needs of all their homes and businesses.

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