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Joshua Polacheck: “A new wind farm, a new solar storage plant doesn't have that…”

Featuring: Joshua Polacheck, Democratic | Former Candidate, Arizona Corporation Commission

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Before You Vote 2024 | Ep 7 | Corporation Commission

Published | Video Starts at 22:09

So when we talk about a methane plant, a new methane plant, that's a thermoelectric plant, meaning it's taking water. You're heating that water up to spin a turbine, and then that water goes up into the atmosphere. A new wind farm, a new solar storage plant doesn't have that same water needs. So we actually can save a significant amount of our water by switching to clean energy technologies. (22:09–22:15)

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Asserts that wind and solar storage plants require less water compared to methane plants.

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