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By Don C. Brunell
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Biden's green gamble, land wild card

 

Last updated 6/15/2021 at 7:35am



Shortly after President Biden took office, he issued the sweeping executive order to transition America to TOTAL–-100 percent–-renewable electricity by 2035–-15 short years from now.

Translated that means no more power from coal and natural gas ––quite a challenge considering 60 percent of the 4.12 trillion kilowatt hours (kwh) of electricity we generated in 2020 came from burning fossil fuels while 20 percent came from renewables including hydro.

Land is the wild card. In Feb. 2019, the Institute for Energy Research determined for the U.S. to reach 100 percent renewable it could...



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