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I have been advocating this since the writing of my Master’s thesis at Audencia all the way back to 2006. Any energy use entails carbonemissions, some more than others. — Ditching coal and naturalgas for solar and wind. . — Unleashing energy efficiency’s HUGE potential. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt
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4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time naturalgas back-up. The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 5] The U.S.
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