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Old 12-30-2011, 08:15 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by womprat View Post
Yes I've always thought that by reducing personal consumption, one is just getting out of the way of someone who cares less.
I'm not sure you meant it this way, but it comes across as "there is no point to reducing personal consumption".

By reducing personal consumption you ARE reducing demand, proportional to your percentage of the population under consideration.

I believe what james was referring to was borrowing someone elses fuel (a-la grappling hook or?).
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