What one question?

[gwendally]

I just got invited to go to a meeting with the Governor and the Mayor tomorrow.  There'll be lots of people there, but I have a superpower that gets me access to the governor to ask one question, and only one.

Anything you think I should I ask him?

(I'm not joking.)

Comments

[9thmoon]

Does it have to be on-topic? And, if so, what's the meeting topic?

[gwendally]

Alternative energy solutions.

Yes, I'd say it probably ought to be on topic. But the topic can be expanded to any post-peak-oil issue. For example, how do we pay for health care without excess energy inputs to fund our lavish expectations.

But I'm not thinking that would be a good one.

I'm thinking, "Can you spearhead policies to make distributed thermal energy a reality, promoting sustainable biomass efficiently to create heat rather than inefficiently to create electricity."

There are a lot of multi-syllable words in that sentence. I usually try to dumb things down when I speak out loud. But Deval Patrick is pretty bright. I think it could work. But it would be better if it were more polished.

[9thmoon]

""Can you spearhead policies to make distributed thermal energy a reality, promoting sustainable biomass efficiently to create heat rather than inefficiently to create electricity.""

I'd say it depends on his background on the particular project that I think you're basing this question off of (yours). If he doesn't have the specific context then it's going to seem like a jumble of words and a very broad concept (distributed thermal) that he'll have to respond to in a very general way.

Here's a suggestion, depending on how much lead-in to your question that you have.

Think of when you were doing your thermal project, what were the main (specific) headaches or red tape that the State Government was involved with / could help with.

If you come up with a good simple thing that you found to be a hindrence to your project, and phrase a question specifically on that thing, then maybe it could not only be answerable by the Governor, but maybe it would be informative to him... don't know, but good luck in any case! :)

[ytterbius]

(this was me btw)

[unix_jedi]

"Haven't you heard? I thought everybody had heard?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

(I'm not joking.)

Luckily, I am. Maybe.

[gwendally]

I try to use my superpowers for good.

[tobor_1138]

Ask him the best place to grab a long lunch around East Wacker and Michigan Avenue.

Quickly follow-up after he answers with a similar question for Beacon and Tremont streets and see how much longer it takes him to answer.

[gwendally]

Implying that his real home is in Chicago?

[eviltwin2]

Gwendally: Hello sir. May I please have a governors pardon. Just leave the date and offense blank, I'll fill it out when the time comes.