The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that wind farms in North Dakota, Kansas, and Texas could meet the electricity needs of ____.

A. 50% of their populations
B. the populations of their states
C. the population of the western United States
D. the population of the entire United States
E. the population of the lower 48 states


Answer: E

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