The government has launched a campaign encouraging workers at various government agencies and schools to take action during the summer to help cut carbon dioxide emissions and conserve energy. Among the actions under the campaign, men in the public sector are being asked to take the lead in not wearing suits and ties to save on air conditioning. According to data compiled by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, between 2007 and 2009, electricity consumption at various government agencies and schools decreased by 124.74 million kilowatt hours (kWh) , which translates into a reduction of 77,700 tons of carbon emissions. Setting air conditioners one degree Celsius higher than usual will help save 6 percent in power consumption, the MOEA said in citing related reports, which would save 1 billion kilowatts in energy annually nationwide. The Executive Yuan has also organized a competition encouraging central and local government agencies and public colleges or universities to move to cut carbon emissions and save energy as part of the country's efforts to curb global warming and move toward a low-carbon country. Questioning the effects of the carbon reduction drive, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng asked 'how much energy can be saved only by removing one suit? ' He said a good energy policy is much more important in bringing more positive results. Wang said that if Taiwan could increase nuclear power's share of the country's total power generation from the existing 17.3 percent to 38.6 percent, the same percentage of nuclear energy used by South Korea, then an approximate 44 million tons of carbon missions could be saved a year. 'This would be much more efficient, ' he suggested. 