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Honestly, i've been thinking of this, and i think analog hit it on the head...
telling people, "we need to conserve' is probably only a message sent out to the people who are needing to conserve anyway, just for simple money's sake. A lower/middle to lower class family can't afford the joyrides they may have been able to afford bakc when gas was *gasp* $1.50/gallon, but thye have probably cut back a good bit. The ones who really need to start conserving are, more than likely, the ones who are least inclined to start conserving. As my parents told me, if you can afford a ferrari that gets 10mpg, you can probably afford the gas...I think this applies to most cars out today that are getting that abysmally low gas mileage
So, for a president to come out and say, "We must conserve' w/out giving any plan of action for everyone to start conserving, is merely pandering to the crowd. The uber-rich aren't going to care if their gas bill goes from $150/month to $300/month, they are still going to do whatever they please bc that is what they do and they can afford it. The poor/working/lower middle/budgeted people are already going to be doing what they absolutely MUST do in order to survive. If that means they have to cut out any unnecessary energy/gas use, then they are probably already doing it.
i think analog hit it on the head, honestly
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