I wonder if the electrical grid can handle everyone turning their lights back ON at the same time? Gonna be interesting.

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The problem with this lights-out idea, is that it is just stupid.
Suppose I agree that in general, lowering our fossil fuel consumption is a good idea. Ok. Suppose I agree that greater energy efficiency is a good idea. Ok, I’m an engineer, efficiency is always great. Suppose I agree that reducing our electricity consumption is a good idea. Ok. Depending less on terror-supporting foreign oil producers is DEFINITELY a good idea, Ok.

Now: We suddenly, for one evening, turn off all our electric loads. At night, the total load on electric utilites is already less than the daytime load: they need to take measures to do “load balancing”, that is, keep enough capacity going to avoid brownouts during the day, and not have too much at night.
Suddenly, for one night, we just made the utility’s job that much harder, REDUCING its efficiency.
And we did it purely as a symbolic gesture. This does NOTHING to reduce energy consumption in the long term.
Stupid.
I’m sick and tired of these “symbolic” actions; we need SERIOUS policies on energy, and this totally fails the seriousness test.
These symbolic acts are like peeing in your pants. You feel all warm for a little while, but it leaves a mess.
Isn’t it about time we got serious, not silly, about energy policy ?

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Hear Hear. We need an election to kick this bloke out. Blair was bad enough – lying (as usual) that he would serve his third term to the full. But he handed over the keys of power to this over-promoted cretin – without anyone else having a say.

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It wouldn’t be racism if Michael Steele somehow developed the cojones to say this. We need a Republican who says this to our President and the leaders of our Congress without fear of what he or she may be called. THAT’S a candidate I’d support!

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It is not the English accent or eloquence that catches the ear or lends credibility to this incredible condemnation of Gordon Brown and his poor execution of his responsibilities, it is the simple truth of it all. It needs to be delivered again (and again) in this MEP’s own Parliament in London and it needs to be delivered here in the US with every regional accent we have!

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Perhaps we should send this along to the Republicans and remind them what representing their constituents sounds like.

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Glad you posted this, Scott. It was sent in an email to me this AM, and I thought it was most worthy of sharing. You were johnny-on-the-spot. Thanks!

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Wow, Mr. Brown was called out hard. I too wish this were more common in the US.

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Now this is how you should talk to politicians… like your about to give them a good thrashing. We chew out bad employees everywhere else… why not the government?

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The politicians could not make these charges against Mr. Obama because they’d be hit with racism charges quicker than you could say Jack Robinson. Plus the public has voted for an affirmative action candidate and are willing to go to the grave supporting him rather than being called racist for not approving his socialist policies.

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