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To: Casaubon who wrote (92329)	1/4/2009 5:01:30 PM
From: dybdahl	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

I think USA has a lot of efficiency improvement potential. Health care alone is a good example, but vehicle mileage and home insulation are good examples, too. I live in a country that spends less energy to heat homes than what USA uses to cool down homes, and here it's illegal to have less than 4 inches of insulation in walls when building new or renewing old buildings. Mandatory pressure-tests of homes, passive heat regeneration and power limits for air exchange fans also add to efficiency.