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  Karl Ramjohn

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  Physicists Urge Energy Efficiency as Top Priority (APS)

  From: Global Warming Is Real - September 16, 2008
  
  An interesting article on views recently expressed by the American Physical Society (APS) on some current issues, of extreme importance to the whole concept of sustainable energy:
  
  http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/2008/09/16/physicist...
  
  QUOTE
  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.
  
  The report from the 46,000 member organization characterizes the energy crisis as the worst in U.S. history and that the physics and chemistry behind the human causes of global warming is “well understood and beyond dispute”.
  
  While the mantra and imagined solution to the energy crises from some remains summarized in the all-too-familiar phrase drill now, the report concludes that increasing energy efficiency is “comparable to discovering a hidden U.S. energy reserve”. One that is relatively easy and cheap to tap – “far easier than tapping new supplies of any kind”. Yet, the country is “slow to catch on” in fully utilizing the potential of energy efficiency, a strategy that would also reduce costs without sacrificing “comfort and convenience”.
  
  • 24 Sep 2008, 08:43 am
  Karl Ramjohn wrote: > From: Global Warming Is Real - September 16, 2008 > > An interesting article on views recently expressed by the American > Physical Society (APS) on some current issues, of extreme importance > to the whole concept of sustainable energy: > > http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/2008/09/16/physicists-urge-energy-efficiency-as-top-priority > > QUOTE > 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. > > The report from the 46,000 member organization characterizes the > energy crisis as the worst in U.S. history and that the physics and > chemistry behind the human causes of global warming is “well > understood and beyond dispute”. > > While the mantra and imagined solution to the energy crises from some > remains summarized in the all-too-familiar phrase drill now, the > report concludes that increasing energy efficiency is “comparable to > discovering a hidden U.S. energy reserve”. One that is relatively > easy and cheap to tap – “far easier than tapping new supplies of any > kind”. Yet, the country is “slow to catch on” in fully utilizing the > potential of energy efficiency, a strategy that would also reduce > costs without sacrificing “comfort and convenience”.