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Posted Mon Feb 23 2009: from Environment Magazine:
The Short List: The Most Effective Actions U.S. Households Can Take to Curb Climate Change http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1235405717
U.S. households account for about 38 percent of national carbon emissions through their direct actions, a level of emissions greater than that of any entire country except China and larger than the entire U.S. industrial sector. By changing their selection and use of household and motor vehicle technologies, without waiting for new technologies to appear, making major economic sacrifices, or losing a sense of well-being, households can reduce energy consumption by almost 30 percent -- about 11 percent of total U.S. consumption.... Table 3 below, based on Table 2, prioritizes actions in a few simple categories. It stands in contrast to common laundry lists by providing a short, prioritized, accurate, accessible, and actionable list of the most effective household actions to help limit climate change.
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'Doc Michael says:
Yes we might!
This prioritized list makes it easy to address the low-hanging fruit.

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