the premise of the woman writing that letter.  She's probably one of those who would insist upon making torture legal because there just might be a "ticking bomb" and the only way to find where its at is to torture the person who placed it.  Too many, ifs, ifs, ifs...

No one that I know is suggesting that sick children be transported to hospitals via horse drawn cart.  This can't be equated with asking people to set their thermostats down a few degrees or to driving fuel efficient vehicles.