{"id":2667,"date":"2010-09-03T05:28:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T09:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:26","slug":"americans-unaware-of-the-environmental-benefits-of-new-energy-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/americans-unaware-of-the-environmental-benefits-of-new-energy-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans unaware of the environmental benefits of new energy technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo: Steve Punter <\/figcaption><\/figure>The results of a recent survey published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153many Americans believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently available technologies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
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\n20 per cent of interviewees cited turning off lights as the best approach, despite the fact that such action makes little difference. But switching to more efficient cars, appliances and weatherizing homes was only cited by an average of 2.5 per cent. Experts say such measures achieve as much as 30 per cent and do not require waiting for new technologies or making dramatic lifestyle changes.
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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When people think of themselves, they may tend to think of what they can do that is cheap and easy at the moment,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Shahzeen Attari, postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Earth Institute and the university\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. She added that experts are failing to communicate what they know about the potential of investments in technology and have focused instead on recycling and turning off lights. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That is, keeping the same behaviour, but doing less of it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

An example that Dr. Attari gives as efficient action is switching to high-efficiency light bulbs, which can be kept on and still save more than cutting down on the use of low-efficiency ones.<\/p>\n

To find out more about energy-efficient products, please visit Energy Refuge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s store.<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Earth Institute<\/a>
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