You must serve as an example in implementing energy efficiency. I think if corporate America is serious about energy conservation; it must start with people at the top and roll down from there to the rest of the executives and employees. In order to accomplish such an important mission as energy conservation every executive and employee has to believe that what he is doing is the right thing. They must practice the same attitude at home and implement energy conservation at home. This attitude will carry on to the workplace. First thing that must be done is, each employee should be asked what has he/she done in their own lives to conserve energy, and than if the answer is positive advance the initiative from there, if not an education process must be implemented to drive the process home once this process has been achieved, it will be easier to get everyone to participate in energy conservation. The motive and behavior has to come from within each individual person – it must become part of a routine practice – it must become a way of life – reducing waste in any form. In today’s rising cost of energy – conservation must become a national theme. Jay Draiman, Energy Analyst

American economy in crises - a long time coming When a country and its society import more than they export for over a quarter of a century, it is bound to erod the economy to its primate state. We have only ourselves to blame, what goods and products are we exporting, what goods and services are produced in the USA, the answer is very little by comparison. In the past 50 years as our population has increased, technology advanced, we have become a nation that consumes enormous amounts of resources, we shop for competitive prices. Corporate America is constantly looking to increase the bottom line. Most of the goods for and by Americans and its companies are produced overseas and in the past decade with the advancement of telecommunications, many of the services sector are also imported. The increased costs of energy over the past 10 years, has affected the economy to unimaginable comprehension. This economic activity has eroded our economy to its core. It seems that the situation is getting worse every year. American debts are increasing beyond our wildest dreams, endangering the future economic vitality of our future generation. I hope it is not too late for our society to recognize the graveness of our economic predicament and its resolve to take appropriate action to stem the tide of our economic downturn. Americans are a nation of great technology and knowhow. We must utilize that technology and our resources to find new means to regain our economic independence. We must face and implement fiscal responsibility, both by the government and the population with its infrastructure of corporate America. It is no longer an option, it is a must if we as a nation want to survive and retain our way of life and economic vitality. Inflation, recession and financial crises are here. Let us take the bull by the horn, initiate immediate actions to minimize and hopefully reverse our economic crises. Yehuda Draiman, Northridge, CA. PS The US economy has enormous momentum. Metaphorically speaking, if someone turned off the locomotive that drives the US economy, the economy would go on for miles before anyone would likely notice something was wrong. But something has been wrong for many years. Is there really hope for the future? Maybe. But the terrible truth is that no one really knows. But if there is hope, we're already on the wrong track. And that has to change.