Critics such as Heartland and ALEC are saying that most base-load generators are designed to go all-day, every-day and not to crank up and down so that they can back up wind and solar.

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Pogue found himself longing for the days of dial-up, while waiting 1-2 minutes for popular sites to load, and while WiFi was quick to save the day in many instances, that's hardly an excuse in the year 2007.

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Therefore, fuel buyers that rely on manual processes, spreadsheets, and sub-standard industry practices risk buying a load of fuel on the high end of a price swing every other day.

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