Things south of the Canada-U.S. border are moving quickly. Some would say too quickly, but I for one feel that issues around energy resources, climate change, etc…. need addressing yesterday!

Fresh from securing victory in the House of Representative vote on the Waxman-Markey climate change bill, the Obama administration pressed on with its low-carbon programme this week with a raft… [From Obama to pull plug on energy guzzling lights ]

It seems that very little happens of its own accord, where threats to our accustomed way of life are concerned, so governments need to bite the bullet and legislate necessary changes for us. It takes a lot of courage to put our future sustainability over political futures.

Sure, telling us how we are allowed to light homes and businesses seems like small potatoes (and some would say intrusive), but electric lighting accounts for about 7% of energy used (at least in the United States). Use any argument you like to support it: reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving world energy resources, dumping less carbon dioxide into the air.. it really doesn’t matter. Let’s just get it done.

It’s a start. What next?