NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. citizens will not have to drive less or read in the dark to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, but they will have to buy more efficient cars and appliances, a report from two business groups said on Thursday.
“You may have different lightbulbs, and your car may be made of different materials, but basically we’ve assumed that consumer lifestyles stay constant,” Jack Stephenson, a director at McKinsey & Company, a business consultant group told reporters on a teleconference call from Washington.
McKinsey published the report called “Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Emissions: How Much at What Cost?” with The Conference Board, a research group.
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Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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