Saving energy or just trying to Control?

I absolutely oppse Nixon's plan of conserving energy. I do believe that we should conserve energy, however I do not want to be told when I can get something and how much. The government should have a very limited role in our lives and should not be telling us how to live our lives. If the government can tell us what and when, what makes this country a free country controlled by the consumers right to chose what they want? In the great words of Thoreau: "A government that limits least governs best" (Civil Disobedence). Besides the government being too controlling, many people would have the attitude of just because you don't want me to do it means that I will. I think that many people started to dislike Nixon and therefore felt no need to listen to what he wants. I also don't think his plan on saving money and saving energy was any good for the economy considering our economy is so dependant on people buying goods. I think Nixon could have come up with something much better than what he did. This plan was ultimately a fail to which no one listened to or cared.