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Entries in China energy (2)

Monday
Sep212009

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"[China's] 2007 green regulations have taken the biggest steps towards the environment"
Adina Masitoff, Friends of the Earth US

Tax Credits for Pellet Stoves

by Deb Powers

So it's a press release - but it's still newsworthy because it's something few people will consider. The Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association point out in a press release that the tax credits for green heating appliances for your home include up to $1,500 in tax credits if you buy and install a pellet or wood stove that meets 75% energy efficiency standards before December 31, 2010. Those stoves use renewable energy sources, and can reduce your heating bills by up to 40%.
Read more: Tax credits for green home heating

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Monday
Jul062009

Renewsable Energy Digest - File #10

Time for Renewable Energy Race

by Deb Powers





China has...the most aggressive renewable energy deployment in the world, for wind, solar and nuclear, and are already beating their targets.
Hal Harvey, Climate Works

In a  must-read editorial on renewable energy in Sunday's NYT, Thomas Friedman makes some pointed observations about the future role of the United States on the world's renewable energy stage. In part, he says,

And that is what China is doing, innovating more and more energy efficiency and clean power systems. And when China starts to do that in a big way — when it starts to develop solar, wind, batteries, nuclear and energy efficiency technologies on its low-cost platform — watch out.You won’t just be buying your toys from China. You’ll be buying your energy future from China.

Friedman makes the argument that if the U.S. government doesn't push through hard standards for energy efficiency, the U.S. is doomed to fall further into its role of global consumer. I'd argue that those standards need to be coupled with a resurgence of the national spirit that powered the Space Race of the 1960s. Maybe if we do that, we can stop whining about how much money it will cost and start cheering on a successful Race to the Future powered by wind, solar and renewable battery power.

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