[Greenbuilding] ENERGY STAR Clothes Dryers Program Launch

[Matt Dirksen]

I guess that's why a "carrot AND stick" approach are usually the
most successful... right?

Carrot = Energystar
Stick = 2012 IECC

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Jason Holstine <jason at amicusgreen.com>wrote:

>  I’m sorry. Did somebody say something about consumers acting rationally?
>
>
>
> On 7/24/12 10:44 AM, "David Bergman" <bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:
>
> I preach this all the time, though not as the only solution. But the
> institutional and international barriers to implementing this are huge --
> which is why I can't think of it as the only solution.
>
> See for instance
> Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians Hate)
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate
>
>  <
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate>
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>
> At 09:03 AM 7/24/2012, Grace Annam wrote:
>
> That's why the only substantive long-term solution is to, as much as
> possible, see that the costs are born by the people creating them.  ALL the
> costs, including the long-term and far-away costs.
>
> Then the economists can sit back and have a field day while we all go
> about making rational choices on how to spend our money...
>
> Grace
>
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