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Sari, No Can Do
Energy efficiency a tough sell to small businesses in India |
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27 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:07 PM on 27 Dec 2007 India's 4.5 million small or medium businesses produce 70 percent of the country's industrial pollution, according to a World Bank study. But most of those small-scale entrepreneurs can't afford the upfront cost of energy-efficient equipment -- or aren't persuaded of its usefulness -- creating a barrier to India's attempts to curb emissions from its fast-growing economy. Many areas of th ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, energy efficiency, India, news (all these topics) |
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