Happy Earth Day.
I remember the impossibly long gas lines in the 70's, the rationing of gas and the efforts by president Carter to get americans to conserve energy. I remember him putting solar hot water panels on the white house roof as a good faith effort and example for the rest of us.
I also remember Ronald Reagan campaigning by saying americans shouldnt "feel bad" for being so prosperous, and then he even had the perfectly functioning and harming-nobody solar panels removed from the white house roof.
If you dont remember these things, you should watch Earth Days on PBS.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1463378089/