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As CAP points out, though, there’s help – not a 12-step program, but just 5 steps! Here’s what they say (and we agree): “The good news is that we can transition to a low-carbon economy with tools that are already available to us.” They outline five key steps to “radically transform our security, economy, and environment”
- Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases.
- Transform our transportation networks by increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, boosting the production and availability of low-carbon alternative fuels, and investing in a low-carbon transportation infrastructure.
- Overhaul our electricity industry by improving efficiency, increasing production and consumption of renewable energy, and promoting the use of "advanced coal" through carbon capture-and-storage systems.
- Require the federal government, coordinated by a new White House National Energy Council, to manage the energy transformation and structure its own operations to reduce global warming and create a low-carbon economy.
- Advance international global warming policies.
Anyone who’s quit coffee or cigarettes after counting up how much of their paycheck was going to pay for the habit might have a similar reaction to Sightline’s energy counter– it’s another illustration of the power of energy independence.
This map is a great reminder of the true sources of our habit. The CAP has outlined some solutions to get this monkey off our back. And Sightline has devoted plenty of brainpower -- and ink -- to smart solutions too. In the meantime, we’ll see you all at the next Energy-holics Anonymous meeting.
The map can be found here. Check it out: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/oil_imports.html
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