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Through sharing utilities and some resources, community members can live well while using much less energy per person than the average American. Ganas, an urban community in Staten Island, New York utilizes both technology (water saving devices, efficient light bulbs, etc.) and encouragement to reduce energy usage. They do this through their in-house newsletter and community-wide meetings. Ganas also runs several retail stores dedicated to recycling used goods. http://www.ganas.org

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Public/private programs such as conservation easements, purchase of development rights, and transferable development rights are severely limited by “private property rights.” Government agencies such as the EPA and educational efforts of such groups as the Sierra Club are equally powerless to stop the continual paving of farmland.

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Stephen Leeb, an expert on the intricate relationship between energy and financial markets, predicts another bout of double-digit inflation before the end of the decade because of spiraling energy costs. I found this information in 2004.

On their Web site, NukeFree.org, the 2007 version of the old No Nukes movement warns of the catastrophic potential of nuclear reactors while advocating what they call safer, cleaner, renewable fuels, such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels.¹

Their demand for energy is increasing faster than secure supplies. Much of the world's supply of oil is delivered in a restrictive market dominated by unstable or hostile nations, some of which are using energy as a tool to frustrate U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives.

President Bush announced in his State of the Union address that Americans should reduce gasoline usage by 20 percent over the next 10 years. But how will this be achieved?

This problem is adapted from the article "Econ 101: How to Reduce Gasoline Consumption," originally published on HumanEvents.com on January 31, 2007. It is used here with permission.