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The World-Changing Power of Efficiency

Posted on September 04, 2008

This article was written by Jamais Cascio in June of 2005. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Not a spy thriller, the Kaya Identity is the formula which projects the amount of atmospheric CO2 as a function of population, GDP per capita, watts per dollar, and CO2 per watt. It's pretty straightforward: our carbon output depends on how much power we use, how efficiently we use it, and how dirty the production is. Recall that current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are just under 380 parts per million, and that the general consensus among climatologist...

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