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Environment & Energy

Think. Again.

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2. as you should know...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 21, 2024, 07:25 AM

Aug 2024

...the acceleration of CO2 emissions is due to the acceleration of power consumption on a global scale, and not to the acceleration of non-CO2 emitting power generation in the U.S.

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