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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (250406)	5/12/2014 7:26:01 PM
From: Asymmetric	Read Replies (1) of 541851

Caught the latest episode last night. I don't subscribe to Showtime, so I'm grateful they had a free weekend. The one jarring note for me was when Mary Anne Hitt (of the Beyond Coal group) tried to finesse the question put to her about whether rates consumers would have to pay would go up as a consequence of building more renewable power. The true answer is rates do and will go up due to the switch. Even though companies might be able to build wind or solar at the same or lower cost as a traditional coal plant, there is almost always no utility infrastructure, meaning transmission lines and substations when they site these plants where the wind blows best, or the sun shines most often. We should be truthful to the public on this score. There are real and significant costs associated with trying to stop greenhouse gas emissions.

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