They got away with deciding what kind of a toilet we will ALL have in our homes, regardless of whether we live on city water, in the desert or, like me, have our own water supply (well) on a ridge - between boggy areas, and have a very high water level in a state that has never, in my many decades, ever had a problem with lack of water.
And they have now passed a law that, by 2012, we will ALL have to use the CFL light bulbs.
Now this - and don't think it won't spread.
They will decide the temperature = with no regard to age, illness or young children - who's heat/cool needs are different.
There are many other ways to save energy - especially in Calif. For ex: Do you see anything about cutting back on heating the tens of thousands of swimming pools? Do you hear anything about shutting off a few of the rooms in the mega-houses in times of crisis?
Why not publish a booklet with the many ways energy can be saved - without Communist edicts?
I lived in California for 10 years. I often hung my laundry out. Mine was the ONLY wash I EVER saw hanging out in California, where it could be hung out year round. Indeed, most communities now FORBID laundry being hung out.
How about cutting down on laundry in the first place.? For ex: I assigned each family member their own towel (by color) and their own hook. We did not use a 'fresh' towel each and every time. I use the old time 1oo% cotton 'flour sack' towels for hand towels. They absorb just as well - but take a lot less electricity to dry (I do use the dryer in the north east winters!) - I turn the burner off under the cooking pans about a minute before the food is "done" - the residual heat finishes it. Do the math: if you do that with just 5 pots/pans a day x's 365 days = 1825 minutes a year divided by 60 (hours) = 30 hours of electricity saved a year. (How many millions of hours would that be throughout the state?) And the list goes on.
We need to get the gov't out of our homes and keep them out - or they will continue until they control every aspect of our lives - and we do it NOW, or it will be too late.
Speaking about the laundry hung out...you are not the only one:-))
As long s I pay the bill I will use as much energy as I want.
To hell with conservation.
I use 3.5 gallon toilets and have a few spares on hand.
I keep the house @ 72 deg. , screw them.
I am alsoputting in a lifetime supply of incandescent light bulbs.
I have a gas dryer and often wondered if a line would be a decent savings. I use one from time to time. Have you ever figured it out?