Can energy be produced with no pollution by using less of it?

Subject: Can energy be produced with no pollution by using less of it?

Date: Wed Nov 7 13:42:12 2001
Posted by Anthony Conrad
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: Sacramento State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1005158532.Es

Message:

I read an answer posted on MadSci by David L Smith on Wed Aug 21 11:12:03 1996 to a question about Energy systems. It can be found at this URL: 839329499.Es

In his answer he says:
"Energy can be produced with no new pollution at all simply by using less of it."

Can you explain how this is possible? I have not been able to reproduce this. I tried not using my car for a few days, it didn't produce any pollution but I wasn't able to detect any energy being produced either. Can you give me a good example that I can understand or an experiment that I can try that would demonstrate this principle?

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