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Two video excerpts from a talk at the Santa Fe Institute with physicist and resource efficiency guru Amory Lovins and economist Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta on the real cost of climate protection and building a new energy economy.

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For over thirty years, scientists and researchers have studied and quantified the benefits of using white paint for rooftops to dissipate heat and reduce energy effects. The “heat island” effect of cities and urban areas is well known, and this is one easily implemented, low-tech method of reducing the heat generated from buildings and other structures found in an urban setting.

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If U.S. power plants fully employed CHP technology, electricity efficiency could be increased by 20%, CO2 emissions would be decreased by 60%, and up to 1 million green collar jobs would be created.

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American Physical Society urges energy efficiency as a solution for the energy crisis

American Physical Society urges energy efficiency as a solution for the energy crisis

“The Opportunities are Huge and the Costs Are Small”

A report released today by the American Physical Society urges the United States to prioritize energy efficiency in cars and buildings as a means of addressing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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