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]

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