Could New York City Cut Emissions 90% By 2050?

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 14, 2013 @05:32PM from the not-likely dept.

First time accepted submitter jscheib writes "According to Will Oremus in Slate, a report released today finds that 'New York City could slash its emissions by a whopping 90 percent by 2050 without any radical new technologies, without cutting back on creature comforts, and maybe even without breaking its budget.' The key elements are insulating buildings to cut energy needs, converting to (mostly) electric equipment, and then using carbon-free electricity to supply the small amount of energy still needed. Oremus notes that including energy savings would reduce the net price tag to something more like $20 billion."

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Re:It's Been Done Elsewhere! by jklovanc · 2013-02-14 18:08 · Score: 5, Informative

According to this article Detroit power consumption has dropped by 10% in eleven years. I would not call that plummeting..
Replace the windows! by water-vole · 2013-02-14 20:07 · Score: 5, Interesting

I stayed at a really fancy hotel in NYC, where enormous amounts of money had been spent on interior decoration. But the windows were single glass windows which let through a lot of cold and noise. You cannot buy such bad windows in many European countries. Why do they not install proper triple-glass windows? I have not seen any building in NY with proper windows. Do they not sell them in the US?