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		mwerty on Sept 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Never noticed News.YC's CO2Stats before. How do t... Thanks. One more regarding certificates: My guess is that a certificate subsidizes the cost of more expensive clean energy so that it equals the cost of non-renewable energy. Is this right? Either way, very interesting business model. Best of luck!

alexwg on Sept 11, 2008 [–]

Thanks, Mwerty! That's right, RECs function subsidize the difference between renewable/non-renewable sources.

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