Sunday, October 18, 2009

Update to Solution #66: Build a Super-Efficient Nation

The Rocky Mountain Institute has calculated that if the 40 least efficient states in the US were to reach the electrical efficiency of the 10 most efficient ones, national electricity use would fall by one third. This would allow 62% of America’s 617 coal-fired power plants to be closed.

Source: Earth Policy Institute, October 2009

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