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U.S.: Wind Could Meet 20% of Electricity Needs

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Cal
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- 72 days ago - usatoday.com
An Energy Department report concludes that wind turbines can produce a fifth of the nation's annual electricity needs within about two decades. That is about the same share of electricity produced today by nuclear power.
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Daniel Barker (30)
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 1:17 pm
This is bull*&^%.

The United States can get 100% of its electricity from wind.

The United States can get 100% of its energy from geothermal.

The United States can get 100% of its energy from solar.

The United States can get 100% of its energy from tidal.

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Carol C. (13)
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 10:24 am
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