Using the Synapse Clean Power Plan Toolkit, a collection of purpose - built in - house tools and commercial models, including the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model, Synapse examined the comparative cost of state implementation plans that maximize
available energy efficiency strategies versus a future in which states are not Clean Power Plan ‐ compliant.
The researchers conclude: «The
energy discarded in wasted food is more than the
energy available from many popular
efficiency and
energy procurement
strategies, such as the annual production of ethanol from grains and annual petroleum
available from drilling in the outer continental shelf,» and so minimizing wasted food means minimizing overall
energy consumption.