Word: nonfossil
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...taxes with other strategies is the only way to meet the goal. "There's no doubt it can be done," says Alden Meyer, a climate-change expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Meyer suggests a host of | conservation measures, including tougher auto-fuel-economy standards, increased use of nonfossil energy sources (such as solar and wind power) and investment in energy-efficient technologies. This recalls a theme that Gore struck again and again on the campaign trail and that Clinton echoed in his speech last week: sound environmental policies can be good business. "These investments ((in energy-efficient technologies...
...most productive nonnuclear, nonfossil power source in the long run may be not some new way of generating more electricity but new ways of using less. Instead of spending money to build plants, utilities sometimes find it more economical to offer customers financial incentives to use power more efficiently. In New York City, for example, Consolidated Edison spent more than $8 million in January and February on rebates to customers who traded in their energy-hogging air conditioners and lighting fixtures for efficient new models. Notes John Dillon, a Con Ed assistant vice president: "The cleanest megawatt is the megawatt...