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Letter: Positive side effects of renewable energy (2)

Published 4 July 2018

From Nathaniel Hellerstein, San Francisco, US

You speak of “renewable energy”. I prefer to call it “owned power”. If you buy a diesel generator, then you have to keep buying fuel: fuel-based energy is “rented power”. When you buy a solar panel, you own a flow of electrical power. It is better to own than to rent, for independence and security.

Issue no. 3185 published 7 July 2018

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