People are spoiled
A lot of folks, including an attempted commenter from earlier today whose comment got rejected for some reason I have yet to determine, think I'm a liberal. Those folks is wrong most of the time.
For instance, this story bugs me, especially this part:
One 70-year-old Maine LIHEAP recipient, who asked not to be named, says that she gets through the winter by keeping her thermostat at 62 degrees.
I keep our thermostat at 60 at night; 65 during the day; and make sure to open blinds to get as much solar heating as possible when the sun is up. If I lived up north, I'd go colder. 62? Give me a break. How about putting on another sweater? For most of human history, people in cold climates would have thought 62 was heavenly warm.