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California's been a national leader on combined heat & power, and it's good to read about this. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that does CHP as well as waste energy recovery. The potential nationally is pretty staggering, with EPA and DOE estimates suggesting there's enough recoverable waste energy out there to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. That's as much as if we took every passenger vehicle off the road. More states should be maximizing this.

I guess I'm weird in that cogen is actually exciting to me -- but no, it's not as romantic as wind turbines. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, a leading cogen company. The big thing to know about cogen -- in addition to its cutting costs and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time -- is its scalability: EPA and DOE studies suggest it could provide 40% of our nation's electricity while reducing global warming pollution by 20%, which is as much as if we removed every car from the road. We should be paying much more attention to this.

Nice piece! I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development. The principals of the company have done over $2 billion worth of deals; the company itself is relatively new. However, RED has a $1.5 billion investment portfolio, so the future looks pretty good for cutting greenhouse emissions while increasing manufacturers' profits.

Why must protecting the environment "take a back seat" to the economic crisis? Can't reducing emissions help the economy? I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that turns manufacturers' waste heat into clean power and steam -- thereby cutting greenhouse gases AND power costs. What we do is called cogeneration or wate heat recovery. And that's the best way to be pro-business and pro-planet at the same time. EPA and DOE estimates say we could cut our nation's global warming pollution by 20% with more energy recycling. Meanwhile, we'd slash costs due to greater efficiency. That's what Obama should be talking about more.

Thanks for this post. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, the company profiled in the story to which you link. One key fact they don't mention is that 69% of U.S. greenhouse pollution comes from the production of power and heat. Only 19% comes from passenger vehicles. So if we want to curb climate change, greater efficiency in the energy industry is the top priority.

One of the most overlooked things we can do to reduce global warming is energy recycling. Basically, we can take the heat that's vented from manufacturing facilities, power plants, hospitals, etc., and turn it into electricity and steam. This would make a huge dent in global warming -- more than all the solar panels in the country. We just have to push the government to encourage it.