On the recordAugust 5, 2009
I guess the question comes down to are we willing to set aside an area three and a half times the size of the District of Columbia for a wind farm to replace each one of these coal-fired power plants.
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Barrasso questions the feasibility of replacing coal plants with wind farms due to land requirements.
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