Kilowatt Ours | Chapter Eight, Part Two: Alternative Energy Solutions | PBS
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Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America
Being one of the most energy efficient states in the nation over the past thirty years, California has a lot to show the rest of the nation about how to mine for energy in all the right places. Their demand for electricity is nearly the same as it was thirty years ago while the rest of the nation's demand for electricity has been growing at about 2% per year.
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