Physicists to Unveil Major Energy Efficiency Plan Addressing U.S. Energy Security,...

Physicists to Unveil Major Energy Efficiency Plan Addressing U.S. Energy Security, Global Warming at NPC "Newsmakers"

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WHAT: The American Physical Society (APS), representing 46,000
physicists in academia, industry and national laboratories,
including nearly 60 Nobel Laureates, will release a major new
study, Energy Future: Think Efficiency, that provides a
roadmap for reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and
its contribution to global warming through dramatic
improvements in energy efficiency.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE: John Zenger Room
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC

WHO: Nobel Laureate Burton Richter, Ph.D., study panel chair;
director emeritus Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Michael Lubell, Ph.D., study panel member; APS public affairs
director; CCNY physics professor

David Goldston, study panel vice chair; former visiting
lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; former chief
of staff, House Science Committee

WHY: America's energy policy is a significant topic of discussion
during the 2008 presidential and congressional campaigns. As
part of the energy debate, the APS, which includes many of
the best scientific minds in the world, wants candidates and
voters to appreciate how developing and deploying
technologies that cut down on wasted energy in motor
vehicles, homes and businesses is equivalent to unlocking a
major hidden energy reserve. The APS report offers short-
term, medium-term and long-term strategies for enhancing the
nation's energy security and reducing the nation's emission
of carbon dioxide by improving energy efficiency. The report
identifies research and development opportunities, challenges
and policies for achieving the goals.
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Improving energy efficiency is vital because:

-- America imports two thirds of the oil it uses, sending
$700,000 billion dollars a year to nations which often do not
share American values and world views and creating a greater
energy risk today for the U.S. than at any time in its
history.

-- America is one of the world's largest emitters of carbon
dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is a major contributor to
global warming.

-- Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. adopted national strategies,
implemented policies and developed technologies that greatly
improved energy efficiency. Science and technology have
progressed considerably since then, but American energy policy
has not kept pace.

-- Developing and deploying energy efficiency technologies saves
the economy money.

Visit www.aps.org/energyefficiencyreport/

American Physical Society
Tawanda W. Johnson, 202-662-8702
tjohnson@aps.org

Kristine Heine, 202-371-9600
kheine@globalcommunicators.com

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