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On the recordNovember 13, 2007
That's the electric map, and it shows, it's the same as this. But it does prove my point, that coal goes down and gas goes up; it gets bigger. But up here at the top, you have the same thing. There is almost no change because the growth in volume needed more than absorbs all these new renewables.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Discussing energy sources and their changes in a speech on energy policy.

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