What Next: The Renewable Energy Shell Game
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The Problem with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
This chapter discusses the concept of renewable energy certificates and their potential drawbacks. It explores how businesses use RECs to claim they are offsetting their electricity use, even when buying them from facilities that emit greenhouse gases. The chapter also highlights the government's use of RECs and questions why they would buy from a trash incinerator instead of investing in other renewable energy sources.
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