Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121202:11:55:00
Environmental engineer professor mark jacobson believes that combining a variety of clean energy sources can overcome the problems. >> we want to be able to combine wind and solar as much as possible because they're very complementary to each other. if you just have wind alone, it's not going to be as smooth as a conventional power plant. however, when you combine wind with solar and use hydro electric to fill in the gaps, it's not only smooth, it matches the demand perfectly. >> but there is another challenge for renewable next. transmission. getting the supply from where it's produced to whe...
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