Energy Analysis http://energyanalysis.org Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 EnergyAnalysishttp://feedburner.google.com EPA/NHTSA Finalize New Fuel Economy Standards for Light Duty Cars & Trucks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EnergyAnalysis/~3/OEN2JAtm6E4/ http://energyanalysis.org/2010/04/05/epanhtsa-finalize-new-fuel-economy-standards-for-light-duty-cars-trucks/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:04:41 +0000 Tony http://energyanalysis.org/?p=1084 According to EPA, mobile sources emitted 31 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions in 2007 and have been the fastest-growing source of U.S. GHG emissions since 1990.

EPA’s Standards

Example footprint targets for popular vehicle models are shown in Table 2.

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A pollution tax is the easiest way to incentivize alternative technology and energy efficiency. Give the dividends back to legal citizens, just like Governor Palin did in Alaska.

Cap and trade would create bloated bureaucracies, gaming and corruption. Fee and dividend would promote clean energy without the bureaucracy. Right now America seems to lag behind many other industrialized countries in developing clean technology. We are addicted to cheap coal and oil. Those countries that lead the way to clean energy will benefit economically because they will develop clean technologies and services that they can eventually export to the rest of the world as the demand for clean energy grows.

Interview with Climate Scientist James Hansen on Why He’s Pleased the Copenhagen Summit Failed, “Cap and Fade,” Climategate

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Listen to the Podcast: Realizing the Potential of Solar Thermal

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