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% energy reduction
goal and concluded that for residences it is achievable by
The APS report analyzed the
except for hot and humid sections of the country,
but that achieving the commercial-building goal was
going to need more advanced development. My conclu-
sion is that for the last
%, for a change the Federal
approach is smarter than California
is approach. The goal
is greenhouse gas reduction and you should aim for that
goal with the most cost-effective methods. The Federal
approach allows that, while the California approach
mandates on-site energy generation. I live in the
San Francisco Bay area and we are noted for our fog near
the coast. If you live in the fog zone, you are not going to
do well with solar power.
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.
Conclusion
Transportation
The International Monetary Fund has projected that by
the year
there will be three billion cars on the
world
'
s roads compared with the mere
million on
the road today. There is no way that today
is vehicles can
be used because there will not be that much oil to make
gasoline. Something new is needed, and there are many
things on the horizon that have the potential to allow that
many vehicles to be run while reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. It will be hard to get beyond the loudest and
richest lobbyists to the most effective programs, but we
have to try.
In the light-vehicle sector, improvement can come rap-
idly. The US CAFE standard goal of
'
mpg by the year
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