Kateri Callahan
Kateri Callahan
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They zeroed it out. Buildings use 39 percent of the total energy used in the country. There are 1.5 million new homes built. ... It's important that we have these codes in place and enforced and understood.
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Even drawing from our existing power plants, plug-in vehicles have the potential to cut a vehicle's petroleum consumption by three-fourths or more, can operate at as little as one-fourth the fuel cost, and reduce greenhouse gases by two-thirds. As we increasingly turn to alternative technologies to improve the fuel economy of our vehicles, we will see increasing benefits to our economy, our environment, and our national security.
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It's not a huge amount.... We would have liked it to be more.
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The bill passed by the House and Senate will increase the use of energy efficiency technologies to extend our nation's energy supplies. But, the bill falls far short of making energy efficiency a cornerstone of U.S. energy policy. Most alarming is the bill's failure to curtail our growing and dangerous oil addiction in the transportation sector, which accounts for two-thirds of total U.S. oil use.
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To be fair, the law is very complicated. However, it is the IRS's obligation to issue guidelines and give direction immediately.
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The only way to ease the pain of record energy prices for consumers and businesses alike, and to address critical energy-related security and environmental issues, is to back up the rhetoric with the reality of adequate federal funding for key energy-efficiency programs.