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Require all products sold in the United States to accurately list the amount of energy required to produce the product.

Created by A.B. on March 13, 2013

Similar to nutrition information labels on food, require that all products sold in the United States accurately show the total energy consumption required to produce and ship the product in a single measurable unit. Deductions from this value could include non-fossil fuel or low emissions based (green) energy technologies.

The benefits of this would be:
1. Make businesses that produce most effectively ($ and energy) receive a better concentration of existing wealth.
2. To give the American people the tools to decide upon the culture of green technologies by promoting businesses with the $ paid for the products they already need.
3. Make foreign product look more expensive than US product in energy cost due to larger shipping distance and inefficiencies.

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