Lights Out, Updated

Although I seem to think it's a good idea to turn off lights, the City of Portland administration does not. I received this e-mail from an aide to Mayor Tom Potter:

This sounds like something that the Energy Trust of Bureau of Sustainable Development (BSD) might consider. That said, BSD is hesitant to talk about darken the west coast. Darken implies the negative side of conservation...using less at the expense of standard of living. Remember Jimmy Carter and his sweater in a cold room! BSD prefers efficiency and that is the recent direction of national and regional programs, for example, the "change a light, change the world" program which encourages use of CFLs.

All I can to this response is: You couldn't turn off one light for one hour on one day of your life to make a point? Evidently, the city administration isn't ready to make any points. That's too bad.