VERNON — So how much greenhouse gas did this group generate driving in cars or taking buses (15 of them from Vermont) down to New York City?
How many of these people had a hand in shutting down the Vermont Yankee plant, a facility that supplied 70 percent of the electricity generated in Vermont with essentially zero greenhouse gases - generation that will largely be replaced by greenhouse-gas-emitting natural gas?
Another question: How many hypocrites can you organize for one demonstration?
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