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| Yes | 89% | 94 votes | Total: 106 votes | |
| No | 11% | 12 votes |
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by robertsloan2
Yes, individuals should take voluntary action to curb their energy consumption. Global issues of population, resources, climate change and potential ecological collapse are not ...read more
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It should be a given that we are all be taking voluntary action to curb our energy consumption. During this time of skyrocketing energy costs, it only makes sense to cut back wh...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
Increasingly, energy usage is on people's minds as costs go up and world resources go down. In addition, society seems more and more concerned about the environment and the eff...read more
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by L. Beall
While every individual should take voluntary action to curb their energy consumption not every individual does. Every one that does take action voluntarily makes a difference no...read more
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by A. South
Nearly every resident hall on college campuses across the state of Virginia has experienced an increase in energy usage per student in the past three years. This is a great exa...read more
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In order for there to be energy resources available for our grandchildren and their children, individuals must voluntarily curb the amounts of energy they consume on a daily bas...read more
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It's difficult to explain why anyone would answer No to this question. The reason I find it so difficult is because living in America has shown me that the American people are ...read more
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Should individuals take voluntary action to curb their energy consumption? The other day I walked outside and a raindrop hit me on the forehead. It was one of those rains wh...read more
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by Hope W
The state of our environment is not the responsibility of the guy next to us or the company down the road or the government of your state or your country. Each and every one of ...read more
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Should individuals take voluntary action to curb energy consumption? If we don't, who will? This is not a new threat. When I was seven (over 40 years ago) my father told ...read more
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by Rose Conrad
Well yes - I would say it is just a matter of common sense, and surely we don't need a Government or some other "Think Tank" telling us what we should know anyway? I admit th...read more
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If you take a microcosmic view and examine each individual's use of energy, there will always be places where energy, even significant amounts of energy can be saved. Indeed th...read more
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by Alanna
Every individual should have enough moral conscience and environmental awareness to curb their own energy consumption. Much energy saving is also money saving. If consumers ...read more
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by Pat Gray
No, individuals have no need to take voluntary action to curb their energy consumption. Why should an individual worry if the government isn't going to make us conserve - make o...read more
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