Comments on: A Question of Motives http://rocketscientist.today.com/2008/12/31/a-question-of-motives/ Melding fiction and science in life and on paper Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:53:27 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: shakespeare http://rocketscientist.today.com/2008/12/31/a-question-of-motives/#comment-1080 shakespeare Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:22:51 +0000 http://rocketscientist.today.com/2008/12/31/a-question-of-motives/#comment-1080 I think you make a good point, and I would contend that technology = GOOD. Now we have the technology to build cars differently, to make our homes far more energy efficient, to use solar and wind power and other forms of clean energy. If we use our personal resources to make sure our next car is a clean one, and we invest in clean technology wherever we can, we will, one by one, make a difference. We need the options, though. I shouldn't have just one vehicle to choose from that offers 50 mpg... I should have a dozen. And I'm sorry, but 25 mpg is NOT efficient. My husband's 1997 Taurus still gets 23, dammit, and that's not good enough. I would love my next home to be solar-powered. And, honestly, the amount of money it would take to make a house that way is insignificant to the effect it would have both on the environment and on my pocketbook in the future. Why are new homes NOT doing this standard? Why should I have to retrofit solar power onto a brand-new home? I think you make a good point, and I would contend that technology = GOOD. Now we have the technology to build cars differently, to make our homes far more energy efficient, to use solar and wind power and other forms of clean energy. If we use our personal resources to make sure our next car is a clean one, and we invest in clean technology wherever we can, we will, one by one, make a difference.

We need the options, though. I shouldn’t have just one vehicle to choose from that offers 50 mpg… I should have a dozen. And I’m sorry, but 25 mpg is NOT efficient. My husband’s 1997 Taurus still gets 23, dammit, and that’s not good enough.

I would love my next home to be solar-powered. And, honestly, the amount of money it would take to make a house that way is insignificant to the effect it would have both on the environment and on my pocketbook in the future. Why are new homes NOT doing this standard? Why should I have to retrofit solar power onto a brand-new home?

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