The Road to a New Energy Future:

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for a Cleaner, More Secure Energy Future

by Tony Dutzik, Alexios Monopolis, and Timothy Telleen-Lawton, Frontier Group; Rob Sargent and Anna Aurilio, US PIRG Education Fund

Executive Summary

America doesn’t have to wait for revolutionary new technologies to get serious about addressing our nation’s energy crisis. The technology exists today to use energy far more efficiently in our cars, homes, and businesses and to get more of our energy from clean, renewable sources. The Road to a New Energy Future, a companion paper to A New Energy Future (Fall 2006), profiles the many technologies and practices that can help America achieve a cleaner energy future. It also describes the critical role of research and development in producing the next wave of clean energy technologies.

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