Deutsche Bank did an energy efficiency and CO2 study of the USA. They are the largest bank in Germany, and why they made this study I can only guess at. But, their findings are: The US could save 1 trillion $'s with a skimpy investment of $279 billion, along the way create 3.3 million job years worth of work for many trades retrofitting all buildings made before 1980 (and some poorly made newer ones) with insulation and new windows, new electronics/lighting and heating/cooling equipment. Along the way we would cut our CO2 output by 10% and buildings retrofitted would get by on 30% less energy.
Save a trillion for 279 billion invested, wow, knock the zeros off that and you get back a dollar for every 28 cents invested. Hell I can do that now, not the trillion saved, but the dollar, and lots of them, and so can you, I'll post that info later today.
Spend money to make money would sell worth a damn on Capitol Hill - the mindset is to spend
ReplyDeletemoney to waste money. That's why we build all of these damned things that either serve no purpose in the first place or are obsolete before they are finished.
Ron