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L3o asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

How do you convince people to change their lifestyles and use less energy?

Obama's answer was, "I think it is important for us to send some price signals to change behavior. You know, if electricity goes up, people start becoming more mindful of their electricity bill."

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Too bad Obama's cult followers will either ignore it or agree with it. Good news? If Obama wins, EVERYONE will lose. But that's not the real good news...Obama will lose!!!!!

    Vote for fraud, vote Obama!

  • 1 decade ago

    That was a one-liner in a speech. You can't explain all the things that will need to go into a comprehensive energy policy in a stump speech. For example, leading by example will wake some people up. Remember Cheney dismissed conservation by saying it wasn't a viable solution. What he clearly didn't understand was that many little steps by enough people is the only true solution.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Lower the prices on items that will help conserve energy rather than raising oil prices. I have a feeling this will start happening soon.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You could do like Al Gore and live like a king with a private jet, have $10K power bills each month, then travel around and tell average citizens that they're trash for driving an SUV

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Look what high gas prices did to the SUV. About damn time too.

    Benefits to those who conserve like the Hybrids and rebates for those that bought supplies to conserve enerygy for their homes.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Tax the energy. If they're gonna tax the crap out of my cigarettes, I have no problem taxing their gasoline.

  • Derek
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    If your electricity went up, you'd recognize it too.

    Obama +101 electoral votes

  • Chelfi
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Well, it hasn't taken any executive action to make that happen, has it?

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