Re: Birkenstocks Not Required: Holistic Green Homes & Green Buil

Hi Nichoel

There is a real limit to what an individual can do to reduce energy consumption.  The big savings will not happen until the people who make the rules start to make some rules for the providers of our toys of consumption.  

If we required all new buildings to be sited for and  take advantage of solar, all architects would take a course on solar, or if we required all passenger vehicles used in the city to be electric vehicles, it would be 6 months and someone will have a rental fleet on the ground. 

How about a utility electric that can only do 50 MPH?  cheap and nasty but a real alternative to "don't drive your big car so much".  Sorry.  Individuals will continue to do what they have to do to make a living until the lights go out.  We need leaders offering palatable alternatives not threats and  platitudes.