Word: conservationism
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Once the rules are mailed out by the Department of Energy at the end of this month, the managers of the 5 million affected buildings will have an additional 30 days in which to file requests to be exempted from compliance. So many reasonable exceptions to the 78° standard...
IF YOU SAID the adoption of energy conservation and low-technology solar power represent the way out of the United States' dependence on imported oil, most people would dismiss you as a "freak" from California or the Sierra Club. However, if you told that to the members of the Energy...
Therefore, the U.S. has the choice of either importing more oil or turning to conservation and solar energy. The Project opts for the latter. Imported oil presents risks other than supply cutoffs and higher prices. There are external costs as well, such as a slowing of economic growth, higher unemployment...
The Energy Project believes the United States could reduce energy consumption by 30 to 40 per cent through conservation and "still enjoy the same or an even higher standard of living." The key is the encouragement of "productive conservation"; that is, using energy more efficiently. In the transportation sector, the...
With the proper government encouragement, solar energy and conservation could "provide" two-thirds of the United States' increased energy demands in the late-1980s. Without such a program, the Department of Energy estimates oil imports could increase by as much as half. Clearly, the Energy Project's recommendations deserve a...