>---- Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...
> I'm not an American, but if one goes by the name of the > proposed new agency, "The National Energy Efficiency > Development Administration", it appears to be poorly > conceived. In my estimation, if efficiency is the goal it will > not result in a reduction of the overall demand for oil. It > will just shift the pattern of oil consumption habits. > > Harry Hi Harry, As an American the efficiency issues you cite concern me a great deal. As we all well know, many government agencies seldom seem to operate efficiently. It would seem that it is not in an agency's self-interest to do so. At present I hope there might be one good thing that could come from Schumer's proposal: The beginnings of "emergent" behavior among its citizens. Specifically, when sufficient numbers of people become concerned (often out of sheer terror) there is a tendency for increased cooperation that under normal circumstances would not be so forthcoming. There's a greater chance that partisan bickering may actually be set aside in order to address the more viscerally felt goal of survival. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.Zazzle.com/orionworks
