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FACT CHECK: Did Obama really spend $90 billion on green energy? Sort of. Here’s how that money breaks down, according to the White House:
$29 billion for energy efficiency, including $5 billion for improvements in the homes and apartments of low-income households $21 billion for renewable electricity generation, including wind turbines and solar panels $10 billion for grid modernization, including millions of “smart meters” that read themselves, eliminating the need for meter readers $6 billion to help establish factories to make batteries for electric cars and other components of advanced vehicles $18 billion for fast trains $3 billion for research and development into capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide $3 billion for job training and scientific advances in green energy About $2 billion to help build wind turbines, solar panels and similar “green” productsby Callum Borchers, Globe...10/4/2012 1:42:17 AM