Energy Hog busts consumers' chops

As the central character in President Bush's new energy conservation program, the Energy Hog is no gentle, sweet little Smokey Bear.

This villainous cartoon pig consumes energy like candy and evokes little sympathy. Yet he is the chief symbol of America's notorious fuel-wasting habits in the Bush administration's multimedia campaign to exhort people to use less energy in all walks of life.

To the Energy Department and energy-efficiency experts who support the new conservation program, this campaign, launched in the wake of higher oil prices, is badly needed to persuade Americans to take sensible steps to save energy. It is especially targeted at children ages 8 to 13 who can play an Internet game to try to stop the Energy Hog's nefarious energy-wasting antics.

At energyhog.com, where the game is available, a player, whether young or old, has to work fast to electronically caulk a window to keep the Energy Hog out.

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the Muslim community? I thought they had a gripe with Piglet?

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