[Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency

[Rob Tom]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:08:40 -0500, Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance  
<chalicenew at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I question the whole Energy Efficiency as God thing. Not wasting energy  
> is an appealing notion, but does it really come close to solving the  
> problem?


Short answer: Yes

Energy intensity is directly related to and directly reflects resource  
depletion (and hence habitat destruction), air and water pollution (and  
hence species destruction), greenhouse gas production and hence global  
warming (and hence all non-cockroach life on this planet destruction).

Reducing energy intensity (ie energy efficiency) includes reducing  
embodied energy and  long-term operating energy.

So which aspect of the "problem" is not addressed by implementing energy  
efficiency measures ?



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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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