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John W. Peterson: “I disagreed with the IAs. I look for gas to get bigger and coal to get smaller because of the CO2 issues. Now, let's say…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2007
I disagreed with the IAs. I look for gas to get bigger and coal to get smaller because of the CO2 issues. Now, let's say they're wrong here, because I'm sure lots of people will disagree with them. Let's say they're 100 percent wrong. Right now, when you see hydro and nonhydro, you see hydro decreasing as much or more than nonhydro increases, so there is really no growth in renewables. Let's say they're 100 percent wrong. So instead of having 5 percent, we're 10 percent. It wouldn't even take up the growth need of America. So let's say they're wrong, and we're going to be twice that effective at renewables. I hope they're wrong, but it won't take care of the growth. We will still need this oil, we will still need this gas, we will still need this coal.
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John W. Peterson
Pennsylvania

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Discussing energy sources and the growth of renewables in relation to fossil fuels.

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