"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
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From my view, governments /should/ be forcing (yes, forcing) people
to do what's necessary to save energy. Market forces are highly
effective in making short-term changes; they are much less effective
in effecting proper long-term changes. (Things usually get worse until
they abruptly collapse.) The problem, of course, is making sure the
forced changes are rational and occur in the correct order.

if that's what you want,then MOVE to somewhere that does that sort
of stuff. don't try to enact it here in the US. We value our freedom.

Yeah, our freedom to ruin everything without regard for the consequences.

Think about what would have happened if the US government had, after WW II,
FORCED auto makers to gradually improve fuel mileage at a "reasonable" rate.
The world would almost certainly be quite different.