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screwycurves t1_j1lt7pr wrote

Your indignation is unjustified. Your grandparents ate Spam for Christmas. Not because they couldn’t afford something better, but for the good of a cause bigger than them.

As a child in the 70s, my family and whole neighborhood turned Christmas lights off at 8 pm to save power. Every time we turned a light off, we saved resources and money for everyone.

Turn off the lights, light some candles, send the kids to bed, and light a fire if you have a place to do so. If you turn the thermostat down 2-deg, you can cuddle more with your Christmas elf in your new Christmas pjs.

It is only one day. The day we are told is a season of giving. So give a bit and feel the joy to the world.

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Advanced-Guard-4468 t1_j1lvsqz wrote

I'm a child of the 70s was very poor but the life you described wasn't what I went through. We turned down the heat and shut off lights not needed to save money not to aid others.

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screwycurves t1_j1lw36x wrote

Don’t you remember the constant message of the oil crisis? I got it at school, in public service announcements during Giligan’s Island, constantly streaming from new programs and political leaders. Maybe you just don’t remember, but that’s what was going on. No one message about conserving on one night…It was always and everywhere.

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Advanced-Guard-4468 t1_j1lwejt wrote

Oil crisis, odd even gas lines and messages about conservation and Jimmy Carters fire side chat on putting on a heavier sweater to stay warm but never messages about turning the lights off to save energy for a neighbor.

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screwycurves t1_j1lwigu wrote

https://youtu.be/8iwwgjm-lYg

Edit: the first 2 minutes set up what I’m talking about

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Advanced-Guard-4468 t1_j1lwk6c wrote

I don't click links posted by strangers on the internet.

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screwycurves t1_j1lxpgv wrote

OK. It’s a video explaining exactly what I’ve been talking about. That is, that why were are a nation of independence, in the energy crisis, we learned that we had to conserve, not just for ourselves but for our nations. If you don’t remember this, I’m sorry, but it was a part of the national ethos.

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