Is the U.S. Falling Behind in the Clean Energy Race?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 13:03
in Earth & Climate
In the 1970s, refrigerators were growing in size--and energy consumption. In one of the more successful government-supported programs for energy-efficient technology, research and development of better compressors now have provided refrigerators that are larger still--but use roughly the same amount of energy as the smaller iceboxes of the past. [More]