Carter's Conservation of Energy

Dear Mr. Carter,

Unfortunatly, I do not agree with your new 5 step program that will "hopefully" help our country save energy. Your first step, Tax sales of inefficient, “gas-guzzling,” cars, would seem to be uneffective to me, because many gas-guzzling cars are SUV's or larger cars that people either need to do their work/business, or people who have the money to purchase such cars. Therefore, these cars would be purchased either way. Your second step, Converting new utilities to fuels other than oil or natural gas does make sense. However, companies would not be willing to agree to such a thing, because it would cost them more money. Also, if the government would be willing to pay for the conversion (which I doubt they will), it would cost a large sum of money that could be put into better methods for conserving energy. Your third step, Deregulate prices for domestic oil and natural gas, would cause a step price in oil and gas, which in return, would cause even MORE INFLATION! The fourth step, providing tax credits or loans to homeowners for using solar energy and improving the insulation in their homes does make sense, however the tax credits would have to be a pretty large sum, because these things are costly. Also, many people would be unwilling to use solar energy because they usually do not get a return on their investment until many years down the road. Your final step, funding research for alternative energy sources such as solar energy and synthetic fuels does make plenty of sense. This is your only step that will help us out in the future. Hopefully, by doing so, we can find new ways (and better ways) to conserve energy.