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2016 Postmortem

MindMover

(5,016 posts) Wed Jul 18, 2012, 04:16 PM Jul 2012

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Barack Obama ?@BarackObama

FACT: Under President Obama, U.S. electricity production from renewable energy sources is on track to double by the end of 2012. #progress

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Facts ... (Original Post) MindMover Jul 2012 OP

there was a huge uptick in Obama's first couple of years. Igel Jul 2012 #1

Igel

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1. there was a huge uptick in Obama's first couple of years.

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Wed Jul 18, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jul 2012

This was big news.

Somewhere in the fine print at the end of the footnote was a mention that most of the increased wattage had been planned and building started before 1/1/2009. First output on these projects lags placing the hardware order and getting the land/permits by anywhere from one to three years (and sometimes more).

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