I am not sure how many of you out there follow the notion that the government is the pinnacle of efficiency….well if you do, please just ignore this story.  Because for the rest of us, we’re living in reality and almost all are painfully aware that governmenthas more of a, “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality. By honestly, why should they care about conserving energy when they aren’t the ones that have to pay for it?  Honestly, if you put yourself in the money is not an issue mentality, then a lot of government programs make plenty of sense, because money magically grows on trees.
     This newest blunder of the government comes from the report (found here)of the inspector general, that the department of energy is actually the worse at conserving that energy.  The Department of Energy failed it’s recent energy audit, which is strange because they are big advocates of conserving energy.  This is where, there suggestions only refer to the peons (you and I) and not to the people in government.
     The report states that the DOE keeps things running all throughout the night to make sure things are comfortable for when they get in the next day.  Who cares that running the heating, ventilation and air conditioning after hours (which they recommend) could save the taxpayers estimatedly $11 million dollars per year (that’s no chump change).  This isn’t the first audit that DOE has failed, back in May they were caught leaving computer monitors on, which cost us about $1 Million dollars.
    I would think in a perfect world, that an organization telling me to conserve energy would be the kings of conserving energy themselves.  It’s like being told that the people at the top levels of PETA wore fir and ran a fur shop on the side.  It’s just one of those crazy things the government can do that we just side with and let it go, because it’s the government and we expect that.  Yet we shouldn’t because if all government organizations where forced to become energy efficient we might be able to get some serious cash back in our pockets. 
     Even the White House is having problems with energy efficiency, being attacked for using too much energy.  Which means that most likely that every government building is energy inefficient, and could improve.  Imagine that one department in the government could save tax payers 100 Million a year, what all these departments can do.  So the green movement doesn’t need to target the average consumer, it needs to hit the government.  They are the leaders of inefficiency….not us.