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Nov 23, 2019, 10:11 pm

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canopus27

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Originally Posted by cmcc

Sadly, no. Contrary to popular belief, electricity does not come out of the sky for free, but is made mostly by burning coal and gas:

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/...-in-the-us.php

Those are US statistics. Other countries vary. For example, here in Canada the sources for electricity generation in 2016 were hydro (62.4%), nuclear (15.5%), coal (9.5%), natural gas (6.8%), and other renewables (5.0%) (ref).

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