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Report Shows Positive Results From Conservation/Efficiency Efforts
Undercutting an
argument made by the Bush administration, a study by the U.S. National
Academy of Sciences has found that federal research and development
efforts to improve energy conservation and efficiency have produced
big environmental and economic gains.
The academy released
a report yesterday detailing how a $13 billion federal investment since
1978 has returned $40 billion.
About three-quarters
of the economic benefits came from three programs that led to more efficient
refrigerator and freezer compressors, fluorescent light ballasts, and
heat-resistant window glass; the programs together cost only $11 million.
