Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regsforhighelectricity costs

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From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:05

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Chris Torek wrote:
> Someone is confused (either you or the LA Times author, or maybe
> both).  About 1/3 of the supply in the state comes from so-called
> "alternative providers", but not all of them are "green".  For
> instance, some of them burn wood (!).

Burning wood is considered green in some sense.  It is renewable because
you can grow more wood.  It also does not contibute to global warming
because growing replacement trees removes the carbon (dioxide/monoxide)
released by burning the wood.

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