Kevin Butt's job is to find cleaner ways to power Toyota. One of the hardest places to do that is at the automaker's sprawling plant in central Kentucky, a state where nearly 90 percent of electricity still comes from coal.
Butt points out a new engine assembly line, where a conveyor belt moves in a slow circle. He says it was specially designed with a more efficient motor. There are also enormous fans overhead and LED lights, all changes that save millions....
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523763826/big-business-pushes-coal-friendly-kentucky-to-embrace-renewables?ft=nprml&f=1001
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