Nothing wastes more energy than something nobody buys.

It's already bringing reductions in energy and greenhouse emissions. The economy is growing rapidly, but energy demand is much lower since the advent of the Internet.

It is increasingly clear that global warming makes [hurricanes] more severe and destructive. Katrina is the shape of things to come.

Nothing like this has ever happened before.

Our inquiry to date raises serious questions about whether FERC appropriately discharged its duties to monitor and regulate energy markets, followed through on warranted reviews of Enron's energy trading business, and heeded important warning signs of problems in Enron's business activities,

The goal is to live with godlike composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces.