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On the recordMarch 22, 2022
That doesn't fully get factored in at all, or it doesn't get factored in at all. They want to pretend it is so; that is just some, like greenhouse gases are an externality, they really shouldn't be counted.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey critiques the exclusion of military costs and environmental impacts from energy discussions.

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