Study: U.S. could cut 28 percent of greenhouse gases

New report says the country is brimming with opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, while saving money at the same time.
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[Maclover1]

Does "greenhouse gases"

really do harm? I think we need an agree upon answer to that question, before we spend trillions of dollars on this possible "fad".

I am all in favor of a clean enviroment and stopping things that can cause harm to our enviroment....if its really going to help us.

I am not in favor of trendy feal good efforts that cost $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ when we have very conflicting statements by the so called experts (Al Gore NOT included).

[My-Self]

Even if it does not ...

Even if it does not save the world, it simply saves you money.

If you pay electricity 12 cents/KWh, each wasted watt is 1$/year for continuously running devices. A device (such as a TV) that have standby losses of 15W and a service lifetime of 8 years will cost you at least 120$ more (+future energy cost increases, + additional cooling cost) , without giving you anything in return compared to a properly designed device that would add 1$ to 3$ to the initial cost and leave 117$ in your pocket. And that's just one simple appliance.

[Radium999]

Proof

Why is it that the same people who complain that we don't have 100% proof about global warming so we can't do anything are also the same people who were so gung-ho about invading Iraq because of Bush's supposed "proof" of weapons of mass destruction.

[cschrade]

Say what?

"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." "

So basically we can accomplish this goal if we use technology that doesn't exist and get everyone in the country to do the same thing. This seems like a very tall order. I'm suprised McKinsey is proposing this as a viable approach.

[lingsun]

Global warming is a fraud.

There's no point.

[goodguy9]

Now there is aproduct that saves 25% of fuel used to heat buildings

It is a patented device that is installed in the hot water circuit of any central heat system, tests have shown 25% and better reduction in energy used and subsequent savings in Co2.
It is called The Mean Green Machine and is available from your local MGM Franchisee.

[spothannah]

Global Warming

If incentives were put into high albedo surface coatings (car paint, roofing tiles, architectural designing, ashphalt/concrete, landscaping decisions, train car tops/bus tops/truck tops, etc.) not only would it safe cooling costs it would also decrease white ligth reradiation as infrared radiation to which a CO2 laden atmosphere is opaque. This change over could be instituted with each future replacement/new structure/surface and as the replacement/new structure/surfaces are going to be constructed/manufactured/installed anyway it could be a simple add-on with very minimal or no cost.

[canzoni32]

28

28 percent of greenhouse is not a big percent.
So who knows .
Nicsp - http://www.canzoni32.com/testi/p/president-of-usa/index.php