Cool idea

Bill Clinton has cobbled together $5 Billion worth of financing to back a building rehab program that promises to lower carbon output and increase energy efficiency (remember what it was like to have a President that could accomplish good things – ah the good old days). This is such a cool idea and has the support of sixteen cities and five of the biggest banks on the planet. Anyway, I found this passage surprising:

Buildings often represent a city's worst culprits in contributing to overall emissions. In New York, for example, the consumption of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and steam needed to operate buildings generates 79 percent of the city's total carbon count.

79%!?!?!?!? I had no idea that buildings could be responsible for so much pollution and waste. You learn something new every day.