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04-19-2007, 03:00 PM
Geologist Osiris de Leon considers that the country could establish a system where 25% of the country's energy is produced hydroelectrically, 25% wind produced, 10% solar energy produced and 40% coal produced. The Dominican Academy of Sciences' Natural Science and Environment Commission says that as a 1990 signatory to the Kyoto protocols the country is obliged to reduce its carbon emissions by 5%. De Leon says that renewable energy sources would help the country reach new levels of development because of the resulting decrease in energy costs. The geologist also observed that by using renewable energy the country would only have to import one quarter of its petroleum from Venezuela.
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