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Originally Posted by Pinner
Where would it go ?
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No where. It isn't needed and thus does not get generated.
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I could say air conditioners are environmentally friendly because all the electricity they use is from wind power, and the C Train is dirty because that electricity is produced by coal.
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Well technically you
could say that, since you can't determine where your electrons are coming from. However, this is the case if and only if the C-Train and the "Ride the Wind" program is guaranteed to be in place. See below.
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Originally Posted by Pinner
The wind power purchased for the C Train creates more demand for electricity from coal, right?
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No. It creates more demand for wind and wind alone, because that is how the "Ride the Wind" program works.
The C-Train needs electricity to run, and the program dictates that the electrical load demand created by the C-Train will be supplied by the purchasing of wind power. If that power from wind sources is not purchased, the providers see no need to generate it in the first place and thus do not generate it. It doesn't "go" anywhere.