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A Green New Deal Is Already Happening
- abraae 8y agoMan it's great to read good news articles about climate change.
- masonic 8y agoBFN once again buries the lede to push a false narrative. The average bill decrease was despite increased consumption across the board from 2017 to 2018, as is plain in the page they link to (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/): Total net electricity generation (thousand MWh) UP 3.7% Residential retail price (cents/kwh) UP 0.1% Retail sales (thousand MWh) UP .8% Heating degree-days UP 22.5% Natural gas price ($/mmBtu) UP 39.7% Coal consumption UP 1.4% Natural gas consumption (Mcf) UP 12.9% Nuclear net generation (thousand MWh) DOWN -4.0% This is how BFN defines a "greener" America?