From a reader:

Oh boy, Hilarious. Yeah, watching 30 Rock might have helped you to “get it,” but then again, probably not. It’s another segment of “I’m So Out of Touch” with Jonah Goldberg!This is the problem with you nuts over there: everything is taken to such extremes. Of course there are lights on football fields and huge amounts of energy expended at television stations, and so on. It. Is. Not. About. Living. In. Darkness!
You guys are so wrong about this that you’ll never see it (too dark…dim?). Every time Al Gore jumps on a plane you all scream. Every time Al Gore farts you all wonder why he would burn up the ozone like that.
Keep it simple: there are things we all can do, as Americans (or earthlings) to help change things for the better. It’s not about Gore for President. It’s about, yes, awareness. You said it! Stop there! Turn off the politics (and the lights!) for a moment.
And watch that 30 Rock, they do a great job of making fun of people like you.
DFHChicago

Me: Uh, okey dokey, Chet. And nooooobody takes global warming to the extreme. Right. For the record, I do watch “30 Rock” and think it’s great. What’s amusing is that last night’s episode also made more effective fun of people like this guy.

UPDATE:

Jonah: I’m a little disappointed in your response to the fellow who saw fit to lecture you about your column on green week. His summary point – “it’s about, yes, awareness” – is exactly right, though in a self-defeating way. It’s not about changing our habits at all, apparently, or reducing our energy use in any meaningful way, but rather about feel-good gestures like turning off the lights at home before chartering a jet to Davos. A huge fan, John