A different standard than we care to use for desirable places to live and work

The American Council on Energy Efficiency obviously doesn't view the matter of quality of life the way normal people do.  Last September, it released its fifth annual report on the most energy-efficient states in America.  Leading the way were economic basket cases such as California and Massachussetts.  The list of the least energy-efficient included the Dakotas, among others, which are, as we know, enjoying a boom in the midst of the nation's overall economic morass.  In fact, when the two lists are taken as a whole, the least efficient states had 12 percent lower unemployment than the Council's poster children for efficiency.