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Friday, October 07, 2016
Factoid for the day--from wikipedia--Electricity in the USA--
Principal sources of US electricity in 2014 were: coal (39%), natural
gas (27%), nuclear (19%), Hydro (6%), and other renewables (7%). Over
the decade 2004—2014, the largest increases in electrical generation
came from natural gas (2014 generation was 412 billion kWh greater than
2004), wind (increase of 168 billion kWh) and solar (increased 18
billion kWh). Over the same decade, annual generation from coal
decreased 393 billion kWh, and from petroleum decreased 90 billion kWh.[3]
English actor Idris Elba--
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_Elba I've read Beasts of No Nation--written in an invented patois from the point of view of a chil...
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