James Anderson (Travel section, March 15) writes about the waste of energy in hotels overheated rooms, lights left on all night, towels used once and washed. He is right, but why stop with hotels? Wouldn't it be better to mention all the other mindless waste that characterizes modern life?
In the morning, I walk downtown past stores whose doors are wide open, blowing hot air into the street. At night, I walk home past fully-lit, empty office buildings, when the workers have already left; past enormous flashing screens where advertisers try to go one better than the competition. At the supermarket, I take my frozen vegetables from open freezer bins. My children leave their computers on when they go out, and their phone chargers plugged in with no phone on the other end(though they should know better).
All this waste illustrates two simple facts. First, that energy is too cheap and we had better increase its price substantially to make people Second, that no one energy-conscious. more really considers the public interest anymore. Just as it is in the public interest that we have speed limits on our roads though some of us may not like it-so would we be better off if we were forced by our government to conserve energy.
James Anderson (Travel section, March 15) writes about the waste of energy in hotels overheated rooms, lights left on all night, towels used once and washed. He is right, but why stop with hotels? Wouldn't it be better to mention all the other mindless waste that characterizes modern life? In the morning, I walk downtown past stores whose doors are wide open, blowing hot air into the street. At night, I walk home past fully-lit, empty office buildings, when the workers have already left; past enormous flashing screens where advertisers try to go one better than the competition. At the supermarket, I take my frozen vegetables from open freezer bins. My children leave their computers on when they go out, and their phone chargers plugged in with no phone on the other end(though they should know better). All this waste illustrates two simple facts. First, that energy is too cheap and we had better increase its price substantially to make people Second, that no one energy-conscious. more really considers the public interest anymore. Just as it is in the public interest that we have speed limits on our roads though some of us may not like it-so would we be better off if we were forced by our government to conserve energy.
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