Posted by
cehwiedel on Friday, March 02, 2007 4:03:41 PM
The Wall Street Journal took the unusual stance in today's deadtree edition of praising a suggestion from Senator Barbara Boxer:
Stop the presses: Senator Barbara Boxer of California has a good idea. Ms. Boxer, who heads the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, suggested last week that a first step in reducing greenhouse gases would be to require that federal buildings use more efficient light bulbs, and ask federal bureaucrats to turn off their computers at night.
"Don't you think it's time the federal government were a model of energy efficiency?" she asks. We warmly agree, not least since the United States Government is the largest single consumer of energy in the United States.
The Journal then extends Senator Boxer's suggestion by pointing out that, were the Department of Energy abolished, it would save $22 billion dollars:
On behalf of combating climate change, America could live without DOE's Energy Hog Webgame for kids, which cost taxpayers $325,000.
Where's Porkbusters when you need 'em?
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