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lantonas t1_iy42k7a wrote

Reply to comment by balding_dad in Bloomberg article on tearing down Vermont Yankee by GraniteGeekNH

But we can fill every field in Vermont with solar panels instead!

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ThisistheInfiniteIs t1_iy43wha wrote

Vermont's in-state electricity net generation has come almost entirely from renewable resources since the permanent shutdown of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station at the end of 2014.

In fact Vermont already has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions of any state.

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lantonas t1_iy5swhq wrote

A quarter of which is from burning wood. And hydroelectic power from... Canada.

More than half of our power isn't even generated in state.

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