Put aside for a moment all the talk about alternative fuels. They are no doubt important and the wave of the future. But the fastest, cheapest, easiest and cleanest step toward a sane energy environment -- a step available to all of us immediately -- is the powerful combination of efficiency and conservation. Full Story »
Posted by Terry Gamble
It's good because it really goes to the heart of the problem. Lack of leadership and negative leadership have combined to mean that if and when we start on efficiency and conservation we'll be 35 years behind the curve. Remember "drive 80 and freeze a Yankee" bumperstickers? We were deluded into thinking that the good cheap oil times could roll forever. And we're still looking for ways to keep them rolling, rather than look at alternatives.
