From The Atlantic, an article about recycling energy, particularly making all kinds of plants and factories more energy efficient. A much bigger deal than my last post, saving energy by using iPods rather than turntables. I haven't heard much about this, and the article crams a lot of information into a short piece, but at least now it's something I am aware of.
hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
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Thanks for this post. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, the company that's profiled in the piece. And here's a really crucial factoid in all this: 69% of our country's greenhouse emissions come from the production of electricity and heat; just 19% comes from cars. In other words, all this talk about gas mileage standards is fine, but doesn't get to the heart of the issue: our exceedingly wasteful energy system. The reason more of this isn't happening is the utilities don't like it -- and why would they, when it means vastly less power sold?
Thanks for commenting. That's interesting, about the 69%. I have a feeling that one impact of the recession is that a lot of companies are going to be very focused on becoming more efficient, since they won't be able to expand market share. That, I hope, will force more of them to focus on saving energy.
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