This is what my power company has to say.

the bananophone!

1. People use bulbs more than you let on. 2. 1.2 kwH = 4.32x10^6 Joules (see here) 3. The efficiences will scale to billions of fixtures, over many years. 4. The industry is actually fine with the legislation and already prepared. 5. LED lightbulbs, public transit, diesel cars and tap water are not mutually exclusive. (And I thought SF's transit was pretty decent, anyhow) 6. We have bigger fish to fry than fighting over lightbulbs. Why do people care so much?

In the US, we threw out the whole notion of titles a few hundred years ago. Of course, that doesn't stop people from reverting to their instinctual need to kow-tow to authority. Why do Americans care about the British royal wedding (but no other)? Were I ever to meet Jonathan Ive, or any of the other "knights," I would call him Mr., lest he have a higher degree (MD, PhD, etc.).

Stop giving money to the oil companies, and then maybe solar can compete. I'm not surpised at the turmoil at all.

I would like to see another column added, which would tally the market cap or net worth or some other statistic relating how much money these corporations have. What are we up against? It looks like a lot...

To contribute to the discussion, I'll share: after taking that test, my scores are

Economic Left/Right: -3.75 & Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.08

1. That's power usage during game play. 2. What year is the article posted? I can't find a date listed. The newer Xbox360 and PS3 models are more efficient than the older models.

I live in a US city that's not in the top 10. Is it big? By some standards, I guess. What does it matter? Part of my decision to live where I am revolves around transportation costs, rent, and so forth. These are supposedly "market driven." I can live elsewhere, if the cost of living or some other factor there suits me more. People who choose to live in a rural place should pay for the consequence that mail is more expensive to deliver, just like people in NYC pay high rent.

Oh, then we should make sending mail free, as a public service. Wait, that's not what you meant? Of course it's a public service, but that doesn't mean we can't use a more rational means to support it.