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To: LindyBill who wrote (87926)3/30/2003 11:05:36 AM
From: quehubo  Respond to of 281500
 
Did you notice the word "forced"?



To: LindyBill who wrote (87926)3/30/2003 11:26:04 AM
From: mistermj  Respond to of 281500
 
>>People never "learn to conserve," IMO. It is not our nature. We cut usage when the price goes up, and vice-versa.<<

Oh C'mon now LindyBill.Do you not remember Jimmy Carter teaching us to have Christmas without lights?

Now you aren't Xmas hip unless you have 10,000 bulbs draped across every appendage to your property.
Yes,you are right.We don't learn to conserve.....we react.