… to change the lightbulbs Texans use?
The answer turns out to be … 5:
Joining San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger at the Energy Conservation Summit were Austin Mayor Will Wynn, Houston Mayor Bill White, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and El Paso Mayor John Cox.
Bill White is my former boss from 1993 to 1995 when he was Deputy Secretary of Energy. He is just about the smartest and most thoughtful politician you are ever likely to encounter.
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I gave CFLs as extra gifts to my family some years ago. Does that make me a total geek or ahead of my time? Kudos to these mayors. Now they should call their members of Congress and ask for more action at the national level, or run to replace them.
1) This is is encouraging, especially as it includes more cities than Austin (which a resident thereof once told me: “Austin may be surrounded by Texas, but it’s not really *in* Texas.”)
2) Re: Bill White: sounds good, and we certainly need way more such politicians, spread around more states.
He sounds a little like another really smart & techno-savvy California politician I’ve met, Steve Westly, who Joe might have crossed paths with:
http://www.calleadership.org/about/steve_westly
O.K., Joe, here’s an easy one…
How many Texans does it take to undermine a minimal effort by Congress to mitigate climate change?