On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Robert Naiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> how much energy would the United States save with a paid holiday on
> which there was no transportation except for public transit and
> emergency services, putting to the side the question of displaced
> trips? how much lower would the consumption be on that day?


That's the wrong question. The right question is how much GDP would be lost
as a result of so many people not working, and how much productivity would
be lost by paying people nor working :).
-raghu.
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