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Yes, most definitely. Food is a necessity for everyone, not just Americans, and most if not all people would conserve it if the circumstance needed them to. And energy? For us being Americans, we feel as though we need energy, it fuels every aspect of our everyday lives in a way, so yes. I sure would make sacrifices for both.
The statement about Egyptian art and literature which is false is that it usually depicted the gods as existing in the sky. In Egyptian art and literature, the gods were usually depicted as regular people (although with masks at times) who were standing and living in the human world and not as entities in the sky.
High unemployment and it was the worst economic downturn in history.
