Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Systems
Mandy asks…
How much would it cost to build a very sustainable home?
so i was just thinking of what kind of home i’d like when i grow up and i obviously want one that gets energy through renewable resources such as solar power, wind, and geothermal maybe. my question is how much it would be to build a new house with all this installed and also with good insulation and also the house be a passive solar system. and if someone could answer this too, is it possible to build a house anywhere you want? and also grow food by yourself?
admin answers:
Yes, you can build a house almost anywhere you want and you can grow food by yourself; but, this all depends on your level of dedication to those particular tasks as they will require a great deal of time and fortitude. As far as the green house goes, you can do some research on people who have built green houses. From what I have seen you’ll spend about 30% – 50% more on a green house versus a regular one.
George asks…
What are the most counterproductive doings of our society?
I am trying to write a thesis and look for inspirations. Here are a couple I have:
1. Manicured lawns instead native wild flowers – responsible for huge enviromental damages and sustaining large amounts of illegals.
2. Cars and Suv’s with Motor technology from 1930, instead modern motors with high mileage – huge enviromental impact, sustains arab terror, uses non renewable resources, makes Detroit incapable of world wide competition.
3. Clear cutting instead of selective cutting – not sustainable, huge enviromental damages
Can you add one? Thanks!
admin answers:
Runaway consumerism, Chinese imports of everything from US flags to rubber monster toys, rampant energy dependency while firing up hair dryers and moving to hotter climates to increase air-conditioner / comfort dependency, ‘out-sourcing’ of consumer products, RV and other gas guzzling automobiles, distributing free commodities and providing cradle-to-grave dental and health care benefits to Native American reservations where they frequently are merely supplements to personal wealth because of tribal casinos, encouraging tribal members to stay on reservations by and assuming responsibility for themselves by providing financial incentives through reservation grants [while the tribes claim ‘sovereignty’ on those reservations]
Placing our resources into building prisons, proliferating court personnel, and attorney welfare systems, more police, equipment and violation of property by pursuing a War on Drugs and prosecuting victimless crimes that’s only assured higher prices and more drugs on the streets while corrupting the criminal justice system.
ICC discouraging rail transport by setting uncompetitive freight-hauling rates, while encouraging long-haul trucking [to pay for the Interstate Highway system, initially, and later to pay for the damage trucks do to the highways].
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