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Local ownership of energy: the benefits of municipalisation

Michel Bauwens

2nd October 2011

Very interesting debate and argumentation of why it makes sense to have municipilities, and not private companies, manage local energy needs:

“4 top energy experts from around the US address the city of Boulder’s plan to form a municipality to take control of Boulder’s energy future.”

WARNING: this is NOT a boring video!

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