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‘Sources can be renewable.’

[⟨det (plur source.n)⟩ renewable.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As such, he advocates investing in renewable sources of energy that are not subject to price fluctuations determined by foreign governments.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He said the United States needs to develop renewable sources of energy to ease the problem and offset the dependence on foreign oil.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Although we are continuing to explore renewable sources of energy, frankly the alternatives are not commercially viable right now.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I would rather focus on CAFE, car size, and biofuels.] Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. [2012 is just around the corner in energy terms, virtually nothing the next President can do would really change our trajectory here. 25 x 25 is a good goal, and probably his best energy plank in my opnion, but probably a bit aggressive to actually achieve, even at astronomical cost increases.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

LOS ANGELES – Google Inc Tuesday said it would invest more than US $ 10 million in an emerging geothermal energy technology as part of its effort to lower the cost of electricity from renewable sources.
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Legislation passed requires that Colorado produce 10 % of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2015.
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California’s first RPS was enacted in 2002, when 11 percent of the state’s electricity came from renewable sources.
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Bachmann voted against the Renewable Energy and Conservation Tax Act of 2007, which provides tax incentives for producing electricity from a variety of renewable sources.
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Germany, which has far less sun, even in it’s sunniest spots than nearly the entire US (save for places like Seattle and Alaska) gets 14 % of its electricity from renewable sources (mostly solar) and aims for 27 % by 2020.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

While Colorado’s mandate for renewable sources from its energy providers may have caught the attention of Vestas and other green technology companies, Plant sees something much bigger in their expansion.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The legislation, still being assembled Wednesday for a vote as early as Thursday, would also require utility companies to generate more power from renewable sources, provide tax incentives for alternative energy like wind power and institute new conservation programs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

However, as concern over the environment has become more public in recent years, some people have taken it upon themselves to discover their own affordable ways to take advantage of renewable sources of energy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In an interview with the St. Petersburg Times and Bay News 9’s Political Connections this morning, Obama commended the self-styled “Gang of 10’ ’ senators who earlier in the day introduced a broad energy bill that also would funnel billions into developing renewable sources.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The other main components of Mr. Obama’s’ ‘plan’’ are: To get a million plug – in hybrid vehicles that average 150 miles a gallon on U.S. roads within six years; To require that 10 percent of U.S. energy come from renewable sources by the end of his first term, and To reduce U.S. demand for electricity 15 percent by 2020.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

By 2015, it called for having 5 percent of transport fuels be from renewable sources, with at least a fifth of that amount from’ ’ new alternatives that do not compete with food production.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The difficulty with renewable sources of energy, however, is that no matter how much people may profess to admire the concept, they run into the same problems as other energy projects no – one seems to want one anywhere near them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This defies commonsense as by producing more electricity from domestic renewable sources rather than with imported natural gas by definition increases the United States’ diversity and security of energy supply.
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Consumers have also become steadily aware of the threat to this and other important ecosystems, and are gradually demanding products from renewable sources.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Even still, Dr. Geraint Evans from the UK’s National Non – Food Crops Centre said rather than plants like Miscanthus, wheat grain will be used to meet the UK target of replacing five percent of fuel with renewable sources by 2010.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.