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That puts the gas under sufficient pressure to spin a turbine and thus generate electricity.
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Suburbanites also tend to have families and be homebodies, at least compared to those young and single Gmail hipsters, and thus use more electricity, according to Opower.
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The threat of a power shortage in the country, and thus a curtailment of electricity needed for mining that tends to occur far under the ground, has been an ongoing issue for a few years now.
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Meanwhile, Yukos, a Russian oil company, is positioning itself to buy generating capacity, and thus ensure control of its electricity supplies.
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Manufacturing is almost entirely open to 100% foreign ownership, but electricity transmission remains highly restricted and thus uncompetitive.
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The long recharge time will thus not be an issue, and the electricity will be cheap, off-peak power.
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Cancelling such extensions will thus both push up electricity prices and, as coal, gas and oil use increases, result in an overall rise in CO2 emissions - at least in the short-run.
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The power stations frantically being built in China to feed the country's new electricity grid will be relatively efficient and thus less polluting than older coal plants around the world.
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