This just in:
This must be some kind of first
: A gubernatorial candidate trying to spin the fact that the state wants to turn down the thermostats on schoolkids—all because the current governor and party leaders want to keep
in effect—as an energy-saving measure. The message comes, of course, on the season's
.
Here's a creative measure:
Put on a sweater, kids
. If it was good enough for your great-grandparents, its good enough for you.
Come to think of it, why does every student need his or her own textbook? Thirty should be able to share one just fine, if they take turns. Also, why bother with desks, when the students could just as well sit on the floor? The redundant books and desks can be used to fuel the fires the schoolchildren will have to learn to build in order to stay warm.
How's that for out of the box
?
Note: The Lt. Gov.'s "
Quick Start to Energy Star Resources for School Districts
" page has a bunch of broken links. Hope
that
site didn't cost
.
Update 4:30 pm-ish
: Denish spokeswoman Sam Thompson called to say that the links had been fixed. Also, that the
Energy Star challenge "
doesn't have anything to do with kids putting on a sweater
." Rather, solar panels and
.
"We are trying to get the school districts thinking about ways they can save energy," Thompson says. "It's one of those things that's almost low-hanging fruit...[and] it's quite a bit of money."
Fair enough.
