We're convinced, for ourown self-interest, that the way we use energy, changing it to a more efficient fashion, is essential to our national security, because it helps to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and helps us deal with some of the dangers posed by climate change.
Rather I suspect he found himself sliding insidiously down that very slippery slope we can all find ourselves on when we first decide to give in to the temptation to surrender self-respect for self-interest, albeit perhaps in more mundane ways, in ourown lives.