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by tuatoru 2052 days ago
> you could get twice the impact out of insulating ...

Yes, the concept of "negawatts" which was popularized by the Rocky Mountain Institute, and Amory Lovins in particular in the 1980s, seems to have vanished from the discourse.

Insulate properly and improve efficiency of usage, and suddenly your energy supply problems are a lot smaller--plants, transmission, distribution, raw materials, waste: all of them.

Time to bring back negawatts.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negawatt_market

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Thank you for reminding me of them! I remember reading about RMI like 15 years ago. I’ll try to use the term negawatt. :)