There are several ways to reduce the market for new inefficient stuff.
Your 'keep the old stuff in circulation' is one. Another is to get the efficient stuff cheap enough that they're first choice - which means they have to be no more than very little more than the inefficient stuff. A third is government regulation. I wonder if there are any statistics on the effect of the EnergyStar efficiency labeling requirements?
Realistically, it's going to be price that drives the inefficient stuff away. Which means that the efficient stuff has to get cheaper.
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Date: 2009-11-07 02:55 am (UTC)Your 'keep the old stuff in circulation' is one.
Another is to get the efficient stuff cheap enough that they're first choice - which means they have to be no more than very little more than the inefficient stuff.
A third is government regulation. I wonder if there are any statistics on the effect of the EnergyStar efficiency labeling requirements?
Realistically, it's going to be price that drives the inefficient stuff away. Which means that the efficient stuff has to get cheaper.