How is "green" or "clean" electrecity provided?

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This may be a dumb questions, but I never understood who the electric provider can service some who pays for regular electricity and also serve someone who pays for wind power electricity if they both use the same power lines. I am skeptical about all the "green" movement going on right now. I believe there another scheme from corporate America to increase profits. Before you judge me, I do believe in taking care of our planet and being responsible about it. But there are a few things I just think they are a scheme like the carbon dioxide offset fee. How does some paying money to some corporation is going to offset carbon dioxide?

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Should the United States government require citizens and private industry to further “green up” or else?

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According to the National Geographic article "After Oil; Powering the
Future", sweeping change in energy conservation won’t happen until our government mandates it. Some mandates exist at federal and state levels but most are minimal and many are meant to appease environmentalist without interfering with "dirty energy" profits. Should the United States government require citizens and private industry to further "green up" or else?

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