Renewable Energy is Disingenuous Claim

The 100% renewable claim is being exposed for not being truthful. Texas Public Policy Foundation

But what does 100% renewable energy mean? This question was asked a lot when Georgetown, the first city in Texas to move to 100% renewable energy, decided to take this step. According to David Spence, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, for now it “means that those cities purchase as much renewable electricity as they can get.” 

Neither Denton nor Georgetown can guarantee that the electricity will always be 100% renewable. Saying so is “misleading,” says Charles McConnell of Rice University’s Energy and Environment Initiative. 

Producing non-renewable energy at Denton Energy Center while claiming “100%” renewable exposes the claim’s contradiction. Denton, like Georgetown before it, is trying to claim 100% renewable energy. However, their actions show that renewable energy alone is not currently a reliable option.

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