http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/6f22a4cb3f14e17362607d9e102febb5.htm
Collaboration between government agencies and private business to design, manufacture and market efficient water heaters is one of the next major break-throughs in energy efficiency. Right now the water heater is the last major appliance in the American home where there is not an efficient option. The work cited above - combined with the an upcoming ENERGY STAR specification - will help transform this market.
From a climate change point of view, having a global company like GE involved helps assure that this technology will move off-shore also. While I want to see the American market for these products transformed, it is more important that the suburbs and subdivisions that will begin to populate China, Brazil and India have and use efficient products as a first-option.
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