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Word: baseload (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...main power sources with quick-acting oil- or gas-driven generators on the hottest days of the year," says Lee Schipper of the University of California, Berkeley. Schipper estimates the cost of peak usage is 20 cents per kW-h, as opposed to an average of 13 cents for "baseload capacity" usage, and it is far more carbon-intense because it is generated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kill Your Air Conditioner | 6/25/2008 | See Source »

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