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Kansas Considers Options for New Energy Plants
A kilowatt-hour of electricity generated in Kansas costs significantly less than the national average but contributes much more to global warming than power generated in most other states.
It shouldn't be a surprise that those two facts are connected.
Three-fourths of the electricity generated in the Sunflower State comes from coal-fired plants, and coal is the go-to fuel for supplying electricity around-the-clock because it is readily available and cheap. But Kansas ranks among the top 10 states in utilities' carbon dioxide emissions per person.
June 4, 2007
in WIBW
A kilowatt-hour of electricity generated in Kansas costs significantly less than the national average but contributes much more to global warming than power generated in most other states.
It shouldn't be a surprise that those two facts are connected.
Three-fourths of the electricity generated in the Sunflower State comes from coal-fired plants, and coal is the go-to fuel for supplying electricity around-the-clock because it is readily available and cheap. But Kansas ranks among the top 10 states in utilities' carbon dioxide emissions per person.
Those facts have Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other officials caught in a policy dilemma. Cheap electricity is undoubtedly popular... [continue via Web link]
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