U.N. calls for greater energy efficiency

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a greater focus on energy efficiency, increased investment in renewable energy sources and new technologies.

“We need a revolution in energy efficiency,” he said at the start of the three-day Commission on Sustainable Development in New York Wednesday. “Conventional power stations waste 65 percent of the energy they generate. We must capture and use that excess heat, and make greater use of hybrid vehicles and other energy-efficient technologies.”

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