Secretary Chu: Energy Efficiency Is Good Economics, Will Save You Money, Will Create Jobs, and Will Help Save Our Planet.

Published by Tommaso Boggia, October 30th, 2009 global warming 2 Comments

As I mentioned in a previous post, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is an energy efficiency geek and that’s why he is loved by anyone that has a rational view on energy policy.

Today he gave us efficiency geeks another reason to gloat by writing a fantastic piece on HuffingtonPost explaining in plain words the importance of home weatherization (or “saving money by saving energy” as he likes to say) and outlining new federal programs to help average Americans cope with the high upfront cost that comes with reducing residential energy use.

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1 fpteditors Oct 31st, 2009 at 12:49 pm

According to the Economist the two biggest wastes of energy are home heating/cooling and autos. You can attack both problems by making public transit free and putting an end to autosprawl.
2 Tommaso Oct 31st, 2009 at 6:08 pm

@fpteditors, that is totally true. Secretary of Transportation LaHood spoke a lot about that during the hearing. You can check out my live-blogging of what they said here: http://fundingourfuture.campusprogress.org/2009/10/live-blog-senate-hearing-on-cejapa-witnesses-chu-jackson-and-more/.

didn’t write as much during the hearing witnesses part because they were way more boring than the ranting senators.

Glad the Obama admin is actually talking about the issue. Whether they are able to act upon it is up to the senate and what kind of transportation bill they produce.

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About Tommaso

Until recently, Tommaso Boggia was the Climate Advocacy Associate at Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress youth outreach program. Prior to joining the Center, Tommaso was the Sustainability Event Coordinator for his alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, where he received a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in environmental justice. He led numerous climate change campaigns on his campus, including one to offset 100% of UC Santa Cruz’s energy use and others implementing energy efficiency programs saving UC Santa Cruz over $30,000 in utility costs. Tommaso has worked extensively with student groups, including the California Public Interest Research Group, the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Campus Program, and the California Student Sustainability Coalition. When he's not working to make the world a greener place, Tommaso can be found riding around town on his Gary Fischer bicycle that gets infinity miles per gallon.

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