[Greenbuilding] Debunking Energy Efficency

[Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance]

Please read Monbiot, or some of the other comments on this list: Auto
fuel-efficiency leads to more driving; manufacturing efficiency leads to
more manufacturing...and increased use of fuel/energy and emissions.


Mary Bull, Co-director
Greenwood Earth Alliance, Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick, San Francisco, CA 94117 http://www.gapsucks.org
Chalice Farm and Sustainable Living Center, 748 Montgomery Rd, Sebastopol CA
95472
415-731-7924 - 415-509-1188 chalicenew at earthlink.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Tom" <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>
To: "Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance" <chalicenew at earthlink.net>;
"Greenbuilding" <GREENBUILDING at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re:Debunking Energy Efficency


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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