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America’s Astonishing Renewable Energy Potential

September 15, 2009
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America’s Astonishing Renewable Energy Potential

There are tremendous alternative energy sources here in the U.S. to replace that diminishing oil supply. Quite simply, the U.S. is its own Green power Saudi Arabia. Here’s one example. The state of North Dakota alone is capable of producing 25% of America’s energy needs from wind power, provided there are enough transmission lines and the locals don’t mind wall-to-wall turbines. But drop environmental concerns, land use concerns and ignore areas where wind is consistently below 14 miles per hour, and North Dakota still has the potential to produce 1,210 billion kilowatt hours of wind energy a year, enough...

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