How to cut U.S. CO2 emissions by 20 percent — tomorrow
Posted by Dick Munson on December 22nd, 2009
As senators and diplomats struggle mightily on climate change legislation and treaties, consider that the U.S. could cut its total CO2 footprint by 20 percent without investing in any new infrastructure or disrupting our access to energy services.
Sean Casten writes, “The Waxman-Markey proposal to reduce CO2 emissions by 17 percent over ten years is constrained only by its ambition.”
Cutting CO2 emissions by 20 percent could be realized with our existing assets — by ramping up our nation’s gas-powered electricity generators and ramping down our coal-fired generators.
Read more about how we can shift our electricity production away from a dirty resource to a clean one.
