{"id":577,"date":"2008-05-22T01:12:47","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T01:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/more-about-industrial-assessments\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:22","slug":"more-about-industrial-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/more-about-industrial-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"More about Industrial Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Margonelli, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/store\/solarbooks-1000-0767916972-Oil_on_the_Brain_Petroleums_Long_Strange_Trip_to_Your_Tank.html\">Oil on the Brain: Petroleum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank<\/a> wrote about how one firm makes manufacturing plants more efficient, by making sure steam power is being used effectively at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/doc\/200805\/recycled-steam\">The Atlantic Monthly<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center off\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/coal-ash.jpg\" title=\"industrial assessments\"><br \/>\nOne of the staggering facts from the article is &#8220;that domestic industry could use 19 percent less energy than it does today.&#8221; That translates into $50 billion.  That&#8217;s not chump change.<\/p>\n<p>And since many uses of manufacturing energy happen during peak energy usage time periods, the dirtiest power plants would be turned off first.<\/p>\n<p>Reducing energy use is the easiest form of alternative energy to implement.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li>No Related Posts Found! 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