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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP
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Subject: Re: More: Palo Alto business & showers - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 21-Aug-83 22:49:15 EDT
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Assuming that the presence of showers really does work as claimed (something
about which I'll maintain a devout neutrality), it most certainly is a
government concern, not a business issue.  Questions of energy supply are
a collective concern, not an individual matter.  Almost any individual
company's efforts to help reduce the aggregate energy consumption are
worthless, and if it costs the company money to do so -- especially relative
to their competitors -- they're not likely to pay attention.  It is precisely
because of questions like this that I don't join in the great chorus of
"isn't government evil, stupid, and incompetent."  They may be wrong on
any given issue, but at least the problem is being addressed in the right
forum.