We also want to have something we call perceived efficiency.
Such innovative approaches are compelling and have attracted an understandable amount of interest and optimism, not in the least due to perceived gains in efficiency.
That said, he stressed that driving is now and will likely always remain a risk and reward equation, but he predicted that with AIM, "the efficiency gains will be so high that they'll offset the perceived risk".
Mr. Goldstein says that most reports also err on the side of perceived prudence because planners prefer a conservative approach: if they rely on potential efficiency gains rather than building new power plants, they risk taking the rap for future power outages.
The efficiency gains remain hypothetical.
Trading partners share the efficiency gains.
"There are efficiency gains waiting everywhere".
Waffling about efficiency gains is not enough.
That is bringing big efficiency gains.
There are efficiency gains and carbon savings to be won through this arrangement, but it's a complex process – and how cities keep people warm says a lot about how they perceive the social contract between city and citizen.
