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Very quickly especially as low-income countries are becoming more prosperous. total energy consumption in america has been flat for about a decade. we are at the point of decoupling total energy use from our economic growth. i'm offering a public bet to professor smil or anybody else, i think america will use less energy in ten years than it does today no, matter how big the economy gets. >> what's the consequences? if you're right, what does that mean? >> we don't have to make these radical changes you were talking about at the start, contemplate not growing anymore or voluntarily renouncing ...

I think america will use less energy in ten years than it does today, no matter how big the economy gets. >> what is the consequence? if you're right, whatdize that mean? >> we don't have to contemplate not growing anymore or voluntarily reducing consumption. we can continue to grow while taking better care of the planet. i think low-income countries are going to get to that point of peak stuff and start decreasing much sooner than we did because they have access to much more powerful technologies. there's no way that bangladeshi are going to be staring >> but we can afford to do this kind of ...

The pilot didn't see the man below. >> incredible. >> horrible luck. >> the u.s. census is well into conducting the 2010 count but fox news learning this morning that they are already running over budget. for example, remember the tens of thousands of workers that fanned out last year to verify addresses. that ran 25% over budget to the tune of $444 million. so why is this costing so much? fox news correspondent james rosen has an inside look for us. >> men, women, children, illegal immigrants, inmates in solitary. if you live in the united states, the census bureau wants you to be counted thi...