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Peter Welch: What you are describing is the fact that you are going to produce your energy locally, so you are not going to have to…

On the recordMay 23, 2007
What you are describing is the fact that you are going to produce your energy locally, so you are not going to have to go to the Middle East and ship it all of the way back here. The money you spend on energy are going to be dollars that stay in Colorado or Iowa. Every dollar you keep in your local economy gets circulated and multiplied. That is what creates jobs. We have to break the stranglehold of our addiction to oil. It is all about building a local economy.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing the benefits of local energy production and its impact on the economy.

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