Bill Clinton: Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."

PolitiFact by Louis Jacobson | Nov. 11, 2011 (Fact Check)

During a Nov. 8, 2011, appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, former President Bill Clinton touted the prospects for adopting renewable energy.

"Solar energy and wind energy ... would already be competitive with coal if you had to pay the extraneous costs of coal -- the health care costs and other things. And ... wind within two years and solar within five will be competitive in price with coal. They're both cheaper than nuclear right now." Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 11, 2011 - 5:38 PM PST
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 12, 2011 - 12:01 PM PST

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Fabrice posted this story.
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 by Paulena Newhard - Nov. 15, 2011

I think this is good journalism because they backed up their claim by putting in statistics. It also shows no forms of bias towards clinton since the results were completely fact based.

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