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Posted on 02/01/2021 12:40:22 PM PST by KeyLargo
FLASHBACK – Jimmy Carter 1977: Set Winter Thermostat to 55 Degrees Overnight
As president, Jimmy Carter advised Americans to set their thermostats to 55 degrees overnight during the winter months to “waste less energy,” offering his guidance in a televised address to the nation on February 2, 1977, in the midst of a national natural gas shortage.
In laying out his proposed national energy policy, Carter did not call for reducing taxes on or regulation of the energy industry to incentivize increases in production. Instead, he prioritized “conservation.”
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Could you imagine if that happened in today, with 24 hour news and the internet?
It seems to me that, often, in difficult times, people are buoyed up by a vibrant music scene enhanced by rage and passion.
I’m waiting for music to not suck any more. So far, I am quite disappointed.
Carter ordered all the thermostats on base housing to be fixed to 55, so somebody came in, drilled a hole in the thermostat, and put a screw in place so it couldn’t be changed. As soon as he left, it was quite easy to undo. Typical government plan. As P.J. O’Rourke said, even if the government put a camera in every room in your house, at least half of them wouldn’t work.
Those years sucked.. Bigly. Looks like we’re in for a repeat under Old Sloppy Joe. *SPIT*
I joined the Army after High School. There were NO jobs, NO gas, and my parents couldn’t afford to help me with college expenses as they were treading water with a 22% Mortgage! Gak!
So, I guess in a way Carter did me a favor. He’s still living off of my Taxpayer Dime, so he’s gotten his pound of flesh out of me, for sure. Jerk.
I wasn’t born until 1979, so I only heard about those lines for the gas station. Biden will have us repeating those long lines, only the gas will be $4-$5 per gallon.
We also had the double Daylight Savings Time (fall back 2 hours)...*Lasted one year.
You would get thrown off Facebook and Twitter for posting about high gas prices, lines or rationing.
You must not wake up Predident Grandpa with such things.
The MSM would applaud it, and say FINALLY we are addressing climate change.
This in a country that was swimming in oil; Trump made us an oil exporting nation.
People forget what ended that stupidity. Our nations truckers yelled BS, went on strike, and called the gubmint’s bluff. It was all a scam just to drive up oil prices. There were no shortages. OPEC was behind it.
Ha! I forgot about that. The fake gas shortage. Of all the crazy stuff the Dems have done in my lifetime the gas lines in Miami were the worst experience. It was torture.
Remember the “sweater speech?”
On April 18, 1977, President Jimmy Carter made a televised speech to the nation on the subject of the energy crisis. Hoping to appear informal and recall Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s radio addresses that became known as “fireside chats,” the president sat in an armchair beside a fireplace where a small fire burned. Mr. Carter wore a cardigan sweater, suggesting that to conserve fuel he had turned down the thermostat in the White House.
“In laying out his proposed national energy policy, Carter did not call for reducing taxes on or regulation of the energy industry to incentivize increases in production. Instead, he prioritized “conservation.”
Here in NJ we recently had our gas tax increase $.09 per gallon because PEOPLE WERE USING LESS (due to the lockdown). They had budgeted $x into the budget, and weren’t reaching it with so many commuters no longer driving - so they upped the tax on those forced to drive.
Ridiculous...what a message to send.
Big govt likes to limit personal mobility.
High fuel prices / limited availability is a prime method.
Memories of good times and gas lines with Carter who never met a communist he didn’t like.
Just watch Jimmy Carter’s crisis of confidence speech.....he yelled for 15 minutes and sounded like a panty waist commie.
Yes it sure does look like we are in replay mode...We have a new generation that has no memory of that time.. and so its time to “play it again Uncle Sam”
He told Americans to wear a sweater if you don’t like it.
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