February 28, 2007 GCRIO Program Overview Our extensive
collection of documents. Archives of the Global Climate Change
Digest A Guide to Information on Greenhouse Gases and Ozone
Depletion Published July 1988 through June 1999 FROM VOLUME 4,
NUMBER 3, MARCH 1991 A Dahlem Workshop on Limiting the
Greenhouse Effect: Options for Controlling Atmospheric CO2
Accumulation was held in Berlin in December 1990. The invited
participants--energy analysts, economists, political advisors
and climatologists--grappled with barriers to effective
reduction of greenhouse emissions. One conclusion is that human
nature may be a greater obstacle than technology, as evidence by
reluctance of consumers to purchase more efficient light bulbs.
The following articles extensively discuss concerns at the
meeting, including the role of the Third World, "least cost"
utility planning, and new energy efficiency centers being set up
in Eastern "Skeptics and Visionaries Examine Energy Saving," J.
Cherfas, Science, pp. 154-156, Jan. 11, 1991. "