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Natural Gas, America’s No. 1 Power Source, Already Has a New Challenger: Batteries

"A decade ago, natural gas displaced coal as America’s top electric-power source, as fracking unlocked cheap quantities of the fuel. Now, in quick succession, natural gas finds itself threatened with the same kind of disruption, only this time from cost-effective batteries charged with wind and solar energy."

 

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