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 Stories About: Amory Lovins AND energy AND energy efficiency AND green building AND placemaking
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Material intensity
Indirect greenhouse-gas savings |
Gar Lipow |
18 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| (Part of the No Sweat Solutions series.) Previously I pointed out that efficiency, doing more with less, is a key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (A lot of people on Gristmill are fans of conservation, doing less with less. I have nothing against this, so long as it is a voluntary choice, but I won't be spending a lot of time on it.) Normally, when people think of efficiency they think of direct savings -- insulating homes, electric cars, and so on. That is: ma ... |
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| Topics: Amory Lovins, energy, energy efficiency, green building, placemaking (all these topics) |
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