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OKIsItJustMe

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4. Some places are doing it today…

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Tue May 17, 2016, 11:18 AM

May 2016

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Aspen, Colorado; Burlington, Vermont; and Greensburg, Kansas, have already proven it can be done. But, like East Hampton, which has 20,000 residents, those are all relatively small towns.

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https://www.burlingtonelectric.com/about-us/what-we-do/where-we-get-our-power
http://www.energy.gov/eere/about-us/wind-farm
http://www.aspenpitkin.com/Living-in-the-Valley/Green-Initiatives/Renewable-Energy/

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More cities — of all sizes — taking the plunge to use 100% renewable energy [View all] OKIsItJustMe May 2016 OP

East Hampton isn't going to shut off the lights when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't... NNadir May 2016 #1

Funny… much larger cities believe they can do it OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #2

This "by such and such a date" bull has been going on for half a century. NNadir May 2016 #3

Some places are doing it today… OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #4

Aspen Colorado? Greenberg Kansas? Burlington Vt? Is this a joke? NNadir May 2016 #5

If you don’t like it, I can’t make you. OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #6

Don't. You would fail as much as so called "renewable energy" has failed to address climate change NNadir May 2016 #7