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Be a Patriot: Expand Your Carbon Footprint Today

Dogstar Wrote: Aug 06, 2012 11:36 AM
Free markets will bring out the most efficient affordable products.
rreid Wrote: Aug 06, 2012 12:51 PM
In case you haven't noticed, efficiency costs more. But the real problem is that after a certain point the products no longer work as well nor last as long as they did 50 yrs ago. Since the bureaucracy that mandates these rules will never go away where does that lead?

 

I'm proposing a bold conservation program to involve every state, county, and city and every average American in our energy battle. This effort will permit you to build conservation into your homes and your lives at a cost you can afford. I ask Congress to give me authority for mandatory conservation and for standby gasoline rationing. To further conserve energy, I'm proposing tonight an extra ten billion dollars over the next decade to strengthen our public transportation systems. And I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public...

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