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12:30 Fred Barbash-Moderator: Welcome Adele. And welcome readers. We'll take the first question now.
12:30 [Comment From Erin] What are some of the trade offs between energy independence and climate protection?
12:30 Adele Morris: About 98% of the fuels used in U.S. electricity production are domestic, or at least North American. It’s misleading to link controlling greenhouse emissions from electricity to achieving meaningful energy independence. Oil, and transport fuels more specifically, raise the real energy security concerns. At least one domestic alternative to oil, coal-to-liquids, is bad for the climate, worse than oil. Better choices include electric vehicles and certain biofuels.
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