Friday, June 27, 2008

Utah Listens to the Blog

You will remember this blog's conclusively logical suggestion that the Federal Government should set an EXAMPLE by cutting its own use of gasoline by 20% in 30 days--showing not only the way for others but showing that the Federal Government IS willing to "sacrifice" itself instead of imposing burdens on others (or at least that the Federal Government is willing to share the burdens). 

Now I was not interested, and you should not be, as to HOW the Federal Government does this.  The President should just issue an executvie order that ie be DONE--even if it takes bicycles or walking.

However, I did, in another entry, mention measures that my brother suggested.  One was a 4 day work week, which has the additional benefit of perhpaps saving gasoline on fewer COMMUTES.  Well, Utah has listened to my brother (okay, I am aware that they MAY not have known about this blog, although they SHOULD).

Utah has instituted a 4 day work week in government buildings to save energy.

As I said, when O'Reilly (not to mention politicians) indicate that nothing can be DONE, they are lying.  Any number of things can be done, BY GOVERNMENT, to limit demand and influence the psychology of markets in gasoline and oil.  Of course, one of those things that can be done is to make it CLEAR that we are going to allow DOMESTIC development of our oil reserves--including ANWR, offshore, and oil shale.

This leftist Democrat idea that nothing can be done is FALSE--not to mention stupid.

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