Energy Efficiency Report

The Oil Drum points to a report from the American Physical Society. An interesting report in that it collects many of the ways we can make things more energy efficient. Lots of nice graphs. They are listed on pg 17 of the full report. I don't really agree with the report's theme that the government is the best entity to push some of these changes. As far as I can tell, government meddling tends to be for the short term benefit of some narrow interest group with long term effects ranging from bad to worse. Examples like the financial disaster (the CRA bill) and the crumbling auto companies come to mind. It is more likely we will get a power grab like cap-and-trade, where the government bureaucrats start making fine-grained decisions for the majority of american industry, than intelligent policies that private industry can capitalize on.