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Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency
diamond writes "The NYT has an article on how Japan is squeezing to get the most out of the costly fuel. 'The government recently introduced a national campaign, urging the Japanese to replace their older appliances and buy hybrid vehicles, all part of a patriotic effort to save energy and fight global warming.'"
In addition to other energy conservation techniques, they've asked Godzilla to take fewer showers. That guy, like, he uses a lot of water, man.
Nah, saving energy is unamerican.
You can pry my SUV from my cold dead fingers
With pleasure.
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
Just a guess, but Canada has a bit more forest than Australia, yet ratified the Kyoto protocol. We also have a ton of forest fires. on the order of 25 000 square km burn per year.
That said, I will still argue for hours on end that Australia is one of the best countries on the planet in my eyes.
For the record, while I think Canada's also a pretty damn fine country, I now live in Japan where I flush my ultra-efficient Japanese toilet every day.
Call that a fire?
This is a fire.
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This is working out quite well, I must admit. If we get Japan and other countries to decrease their energy usage and drop their demand for oil, we'll get cheaper oil if the production does not slow down!
With that, I will finally be able to get a Ford Excursion or a Hummer (H2, not the pussy H3 version) a good gas-loving asphalt-ripping sports car and cheap gas that I can pump on a daily basis without destroying my wallet.
You mean LIBERATED.
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