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The biggest low-carbon resource, by far
Energy efficiency is the core climate solution, part 1 |
Joseph Romm |
24 Jul 2008 |
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| Energy efficiency is the most important climate solution for several reasons: It is by far the biggest resource. It is by far the cheapest, far cheaper than the current cost of unsustainable energy, so cheap that it helps pay for the other solutions. It is by far the fastest to deploy. It is 'renewable' -- the efficiency potential never runs out. This post focuses on number one -- the tremendous size of the resource.Of the 14 or so wedges we need to deploy g ... |
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| Topics: climate, cogeneration, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics) |
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