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On the recordMarch 8, 2010
The point I am leading to is that we often talk with renewable energy about 1,000 megawatts of electricity for wind and solar when only a one-third of that is actually produced by comparison with a coal plant or a gas plant or a nuclear powerplant where the electricity is produced 90 percent of the time.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing the efficiency of renewable energy compared to traditional energy sources.

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