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Summary of Peter Kelly-Detwiler's The Energy Switch
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Listen to the Summary of Peter Kelly-Detwiler's The Energy Switch in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. To understand how the electric grid is changing, it's important to understand what electricity is and how it's generated. At a very high level, the key concepts are: what electricity is and how it is generated...
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