| Invisible Energy | |
| Table
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| Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| 1 | Energy Efficiency: A Vast Invisible Resource A Resource That Increases with Use • A Threatened Planet |
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| 2 | Stopping Climate Change and Accelerating Economic Growth Energy Efficiency and Public Policy • Conservative Objections to Action • Looking for Solutions |
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| 3 | How Much Energy Can We Save? An Exceedingly Modest Scenario • An Entirely Reasonable Scenario |
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| 4 | Policy Options for Promoting Energy Efficiency A Market-Enhancing Energy Policy • Reforming Utility Regulation • Encouraging Smart Growth • Expanding Renewable Energy • Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Supporting Better Economic Policy Choices |
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| 5 | America’s Damaged Economy Inflation • The Trade Deficit • The Mortgage Crisis • The Low Savings Rate • Government Deficits • Weak Consumer Spending • The Search for Solutions • Energy Investments to Cure the Economy |
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| 6 | Testing the Limits of Efficiency Lighting • Heating Buildings • Air Conditioning • Heating Water • Personal Transportation • Industrial Uses • Saving Energy through Extreme Efficiency |
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| 7 | Getting Past Conventional Wisdom The Refrigerator Story • Eight Imaginary Obstacles • What Is a Conservative Assumption? • Renewable Resources • A Nuclear Distraction • What Are the Possibilities? |
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| 8 | Exploring New Paths Addressing Failures of the Market • Making Lifestyle Changes • Taking a Global Perspective • Conclusions—Tapping Efficiency as a Global Resource |
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| Endnotes |
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| Partial Bibliography of Energy Efficiency Potentials Studies |
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| Index |
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