A non-profit organization focused on energy efficiency, security and protection says Americans won't have to give up high tech lifestyle in an energy starved future. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy reports huge net energy efficiencies have already been achieved and more is expected over the next 20 years resulting in major savings for consumers along with hundreds of thousands of jobs.
That's the word out of Washington, DC and Silicon Valley, Ca. Below is their latest news release about a study coming out Wednesday that talks about "the high tech energy paradox".
While the emergence and widespread adoption of advanced microchip devices and related technology systems have been identified as principal drivers of the growth in economic productivity, their energy efficiency benefits have received much less attention. This lack of recognition is likely due to what ACEEE refers to as “the high tech energy paradox” whereby analysts and consumers tend to pay more attention to the energy-consuming characteristics of specific semiconductor-supported devices than to the broader, economy-wide, energy-saving aspects of microchips and other technology advances.
The ACEEE study will show how much of the United States’ significant “energy intensity” achievements have resulted in large part from the explosive growth in technologies. The study shows that semiconductor enabled technologies already have eliminated the need for more than 100 coal-fired power plants and are poised to transform how Americans generate, transmit, and use energy from 2010-2030, generating huge pocket book savings for consumers and businesses.