Moving past the midway stage, the horrors of the three-day week to conserve electricity, and the terrifying 25% inflation were fading fast.

Despite his family being fairly well-to-do, his entire family slept in the same room to conserve electricity.

Rolling blackouts were avoided when the state halted two large state and federal water pumps to conserve electricity.

Large cities are dark at night to conserve electricity, and garbage pickup has stopped, causing urban areas to become squalid and filthy.

Their campaigning zeal for conserving electricity comes from regular assemblies about creating a healthy planet.