Alright, I have a paper that's due in about a month or two. I still plenty of time to research and all that, but basically I need to find three courses of action that the US government could take to reduce overall energy consumption. I have some basic ideas, but any new ones would be of great help.

If anyone has any suggestions on books or websites that may help, I'd be grateful. Any general ideas would also be appreciated.

I have already looked at (and bookmarked!) the energy department's official website, by the way.

Get this month's issue of national geogrpahic, an inconvienet truth then go from there
BTW good work for not procastinating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/clima ... ex_1.shtml
Here's a realistic game where you run your own country, which basically let's you choose a lot of options to hopefully reduce greenhouse emissions.
There are a few options there that reduce energy consumption. It might be helpful
Pretty interesting too

Not sure what the US gov't currently has in place, but in Canada, the fedral Gov't has 'ecoEnergy' Grants program running. Also the Prov. Gov't is now offering the same, so the grants have doubled. It is really encouraging homeowners and businesses to retrofit the home/buildings. The program has been very succesful. you can find info here : http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/re ... ummary.cfm

Also our Provincial Gov't is considering banning the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. may seem like a small thing, but I'm sure the energy savings would be huge !

hope that helps

Wow, what a great response! Thanks guys, I'll look over and probably include some of them in my paper.

i had to do a paper on this about a year ago...i have a couple websites that i used saved in my computer at home...but this one i remember i used

http://revelle.net/LAKESIDE/lakeside.new/steps.html

Google EnergyStar, if you're from the US.

Here's some other ideas..

-hybrid cars is of course a big one
-solar power and solar panels- on houses, for cars, lights, lamps, etc.
-wind power (there is enough wind in the world that, if harnessed, could supply power to the entire world five times over: http://www.wired.com/science/planeteart ... 5/05/67600)
-making things with x% recycled material (books, furniture, etc.)
-using bamboo for wood (it can grow 4 inches a day and will keep growing if cut down)


There's loads of stuff out there.

lol you should write a report about how you can create heat using a fundamental renewable source, Methane gas. .. Could provide you with heat and such. No more electricity. Just eat and produce you own power. ;D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_conservation

try wikipedia. I love it because it almost always have very extensive information on anything and everything.

Many schools no longer accept wikipedia as a valid source, although I think it is very dependable. I have never once obtained false information from wikipedia.

i agree...wikipedia has given me lots of information..and then one of my teachers said they give false info...so i asked her to show me something on wiki what was false...and she couldnt find anything.....in front of the whole class...i bet she was embarrased

sigh i just got into problems using wiki as a source. My teacher is unhappy with it.

i came across http://revelle.net/LAKESIDE/lakeside.new/steps.html too once, it's good on this kind of subject

There was a TV commercial called Flick Off.. turn off your lights when not in use.

most teachers don't allow wikipedia now because anyone can edit it
it would be hard for teachers to prove it because someone may have edited a certain page a few hours before you used it, but after you used it someone else could have edited it back to before