A new study has been released that looks at how the United States can cut 28% of their greenhouse gas emissions. They looked primarily at the wastefulness of energy use and notice problems that can be solved from the level of the consumer, to the landlord, and to every level of government. By knowing the problem, we can begin to solve and, indeed they have a couple suggestions.
“What the report calls out is the fact that the potential is so substantial for energy efficiency,†said Ken Ostrowski, a leader of the report team. “Not that we will do it, but the potential is just staggering here in the U.S. There is a lot of inertia, and a lot of barriers.â€
The country can do the job with “tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies,†the study found, but doing the work “will require strong, coordinated, economywide action that begins in the near future.â€
