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• 14 Oct 07
  

  Hans De Keulenaer

  USA roadmap

  • The three primary, longer-term objectives for the nation's energy policy should be: 

     
     
    1. reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level consistent with a world-wide goal of global climate stabilization (assumes curbing U.S. CO2 emissions by 60-80% from current levels by mid-century);
     
    2. eliminate U.S. energy imports (i.e., oil and natural gas - now 58% and 15% respectively), while reducing overall use of oil and natural gas;
     
    3. phase out the current generation of nuclear power while substantially curbing the production and consumption of fossil fuels, by increasing the use of energy efficiency and making a transition to sustainable, environmentally safer renewable energy sources.
• 12 Oct 07
  

  Paul Russell

  z-readme delicious

• 11 Oct 07
  

  John LeMasney

  The following statement outlines an ambitious but doable strategy for dramatically reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, phasing out nuclear power, and ending energy imports while simultaneously creating new domestic jobs and businesses, improving energ

  energy environment green

• 10 Oct 07
  

  Colin Bennett

  sustainability

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