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imageI sometimes wonder what the various greenie sites I visit would think when they realized that I was using their info on how to build a green home to construct a 22,000 square foot house that is, technically green.


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on Feb 20, 2010

22,000 square feet?  Wowzers.  Don't put in too many hallways or you'll get lost.

on Feb 21, 2010

They would probably applaud you for doing the right thing. Just because you may not agree with someone on their view of politics, economics or ideology doesn't mean that you can't learn from each other.

on Feb 22, 2010

They would probably applaud you for doing the right thing. Just because you may not agree with someone on their view of politics, economics or ideology doesn't mean that you can't learn from each other.

Perhaps, but would they also do the right thing?

Or would they balk at the high price?

 

22,000 square feet?

Room for 44,000 shoes on the floor alone.

on Feb 22, 2010

Hallways don't count towards area measurements in U.S. markets.  Nor do closets and other "non-liveable" spaces.

on Feb 22, 2010

I didn't know that.  So given enough hallways, you could have a 1,000 square foot house with the footprint of New York City?

Is it just me, or is everything done in strange ways in the US?

on Feb 22, 2010

To me not counting closes and hallways in area measurements makes more sense since that will give you a more accurate picture of how much living space you are buying/building rather than how much closet or other "useless" space is being padded into the building.  

on Feb 23, 2010

Is it just me, or is everything done in strange ways in the US?

I wouldn't say everything but yes a lot of things are done strange here even from my point of view. Of course every other country does things I find very strange as well.

on Feb 24, 2010

They're all strange.

on Feb 24, 2010

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

 - The Doors.

on Mar 04, 2010

I think overall the greenies could accept it.  Of all people they should know that any new belief they introduce to society is going to be co-opted by consumerism. 

 

But they could look at it like people spreading a religion:  You don't expect that Emperor Constantine is going to stop exploiting people and give up all luxury just because he went Christian.  That's not what emperors do.  But you know that he's making it socially acceptable so that you can get more converts than otherwise, some of whom will be truly virtuous and add to the church.

From my perspective, I do judge people for being consumerist green instead of true green.  But I'm open to that criticism too, I could do more.  So I don't judge nearly as harshly as I judge people who don't even pay lip service to greenness.