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The greatest immediate change businesses and industries can make is to improve their efficiency. Companies waste a lot of energy powering antiquated equipment, heating poorly insulated buildings, and throwing out materials that they could recycle. Chapter 14 details some of the ways that companies can pull up their socks and make smarter use of energy, and it also shares some impressive success stories.

Ideally, renewable energy will ultimately power industry. Industry dependence on fossil fuels must rapidly decrease. Currently, some scientists and industries are trying to store carbon emissions underground. This solution is controversial, however. We consider the issue in Chapter 13.