{"id":1044,"date":"2005-04-10T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-10T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/10\/can-the-us-stop-using-oil-by-2050\/"},"modified":"2005-04-10T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-10T14:32:00","slug":"can-the-us-stop-using-oil-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/can-the-us-stop-using-oil-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the U.S. stop using oil by 2050?"},"content":{"rendered":"
That’s the question raised in this MSN Money profile of Amory Lovins’ ideas about energy efficiency<\/a> (via ClimateArk). Writer Scott Burns notes that while once Lovins was labelled a dreamer, his predictions from the early ’70s have largely proven correct. Similarly, a large-scale move towards energy efficiency would be relatively cheap ($180 billion over 10 years) and “create a million new jobs.” To put this in perspective, Burns notes “That $180 billion is less than investors lost in the collapse of WorldCom! It is less than we will have spent on the war in Iraq in 2004-2005.”<\/p>\n Technorati tags: oil<\/a>, energy efficiency<\/a>, economics<\/a><\/p>\n