If you watched to second Presidential debate Tuesday night, you heard Barack Obama give a call to action to the American people about the energy crisis.

Finally, a candidate calling the people to action!

Obama said all Americans must do our part to help solve the energy crisis. We all must do whatever we can to conserve energy and use alternative forms of energy instead of oil.

As John F. Kennedy said

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country!

Barack Obama finally said what we can do not only for our country, but for the world: conserve energy and use alternative fuels. So let’s get to it:

• Combine car trips and drive less
• Walk or bike where you can
• Turn up the thermostat in the summer
• Turn down the thermostat in the winter
• Open windows instead of heating or air-conditioning in spring and fall
• Turn off lights you’re not using
• As you change burned-out light bulbs, convert some to compact fluorescent bulbs where it makes sense
• Recycle
• Buy cars with better gas mileage, hybrids, or that use alternative fuels entirely

It’s time for a new Apollo Project, but this time it’s for energy independence.

What are you doing to conserve energy? Please leave your ideas in the comments.

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