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Atop an 86-foot dam in central North Carolina, Duke Energy’s Becky Rollins looks out over the Pee Dee River. It’s beautiful, she said, motioning below. The floodgates at Tillery Hydroelectric Plant, in service since 1928, are being refurbished. Rollins is there to see how the project is going.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, more than half of all energy used in U.S. homes is directly spent on only two items, heating, and air conditioning. That means creating a comfortable living space is actually creating a massive carbon footprint.

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