Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... percent more efficient than the 1993 DOE appliance standard , and may be as much as 50 percent more efficient . The draft request for proposals ( RFP ) is currently being reviewed by the public and will be offered in June of this year ...
... percent more efficient than the 1993 DOE appliance standard , and may be as much as 50 percent more efficient . The draft request for proposals ( RFP ) is currently being reviewed by the public and will be offered in June of this year ...
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... percent , and the developing countries for the remaining 25 percent , without consideration of deforestation . In the 1992 update of the IPCC 1990 " business as usual " scenario , including actions promised by OECD countries to reduce ...
... percent , and the developing countries for the remaining 25 percent , without consideration of deforestation . In the 1992 update of the IPCC 1990 " business as usual " scenario , including actions promised by OECD countries to reduce ...
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... percent reduction in 2020 in carbon dioxide would require in the U.S. a tax of $ 721 per ton of carbon in 2020 and would reduce U.S. GNP by 3.1 percent over a 25 year period . Even if adopted throughout the OECD these measures would be ...
... percent reduction in 2020 in carbon dioxide would require in the U.S. a tax of $ 721 per ton of carbon in 2020 and would reduce U.S. GNP by 3.1 percent over a 25 year period . Even if adopted throughout the OECD these measures would be ...
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... percent between 1973 and 1990. Nevertheless the U.S. economy remains more energy intensive than those of most of our major foreign competitors . In 1989 energy per unit of GNP in the United States ranged from about 8 to 16 percent ...
... percent between 1973 and 1990. Nevertheless the U.S. economy remains more energy intensive than those of most of our major foreign competitors . In 1989 energy per unit of GNP in the United States ranged from about 8 to 16 percent ...
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... percent . The United Kingdom would be the most adversely affected European country among the seven with cumulative GDP losses of 0.8 percent . Because of its heavy reliance on nuclear power for electricity , France would be least ...
... percent . The United Kingdom would be the most adversely affected European country among the seven with cumulative GDP losses of 0.8 percent . Because of its heavy reliance on nuclear power for electricity , France would be least ...
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