Toru Hanai / Reuters

A man walks past electronic monitors displaying the current electricity usage status in Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)'s supply area, at a passageway of the Tokyo railway station where lights have been dimmed to conserve electricity July 20. Japan asked all users served by western Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co to cut peak summer power use by at least 10 percent, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said on Wednesday, as concerns grow that tight power supplies will hurt manufacturers.

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By Rich Shulman

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both had front page stories today on the success of the Japan's public campaign to get consumers to conserve electricity. Do you think Americans would ever be willing to conserve electricity or gasoline in this same way?

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Comment author avatarjoe-3502653

japs are such neat people, my hero's

    Reply#1 - Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:50 AM EDT
    Comment author avatarScott M-536256

    I don't think your heros like to be called "japs"!

      #1.1 - Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:55 AM EDT
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      Comment author avatarRu-780672

      If they want to conserve energy, why dont they turn off all the electronic monitors displaying people's electricity usage? Thats like telling people to turn off the single light bulb in a home when Las Vegas can be seen from space. Its very amusing.

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      Reply#2 - Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:27 AM EDT
      Comment author avatarScott M-536256

      I wonder if the number would go down to 75% if they shut off all those damn signs!

        Reply#3 - Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:54 AM EDT
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