The assumptions embedded in each of these scenarios have the effect of progressively increasing market penetration of higher performance energy efficiency and energy supply technologies.
Due to the assumptions in these scenarios, market penetration of energy supply technologies will continue to increase.
So by giving the president a sufficiently diversified portfolio--some ranch land in Wyoming, a bit of California coastline, a few blocks in the South Bronx, a hill in Tennessee--we can ensure that the nation's interests and his personal interests coincide.