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Fence Post.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 28-FEB-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Fence Post.(News)

Article Excerpt
Face it: Global

warming just myth

In a letter to the Herald on Feb. 23, Tracy Wax of Environment Illinois claims that "clean energy will recharge the economy" while providing "100 percent clean energy" and "bring America one important step closer to solving global warming." Unfortunately she is wrong on all counts.

As for "100 percent clean energy" that is a pipe dream unless by "clean" she means nuclear. If she is talking about wind then I refer her to two European studies that put the "100 percent clean energy" lie to rest. In Germany, a study by the grid operator E.ON Netz titled "Wind Power 2005" stated that when GermanyAEs wind power goal of 25 percent is reached, 96 percent of that 25 percent would have to be backed up by conventional power, namely gas and coal. So according to E.ON Netz you donAEt get 100 percent clean power, you get 4 percent clean power with wind. This has been further confirmed by GermanyAEs plan to build 26 more coal-fired plants despite the countryAEs huge buildup of wind power.

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