Great perspective!
More Doctors Smoke Camels More Than Any Other Cigarette-I Wonder What They Would Think About Green Homes
It wasn’t that long ago, just 50-60 years or so, that there were doctors on television promoting cigarette smoking. The video below is a t.v. commercial that ran in 1949. The spokesperson boldly states that “doctors in all branches of medicine and doctors from all parts of the country prefer Camel…”
An online resource of tobacco facts states:
“About 10 million people in the United States have died from causes attributed to smoking since the first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health in 1964--2 million of these deaths were the result of lung cancer alone.”
Yet, there are millions of people that continue to smoke.
Is it any wonder then that whenever we discover something new or better many of us search for reasons to hold on to the old. We enjoy our way of life and we resist change even when we know it may harm us or cost us in some way.
Now fast-forward to 2009 and consider the features and benefits of green homes. We now know that there are countless harmful toxins and pollutants in many of the materials used to build our homes. We also know that the air inside the average home is more polluted than the air outside.
According to the USGBC, homes and buildings consume approximately 72% of all electricity, 40% of primary energy use and produce 39% of all carbon emissions in the U.S.
Green homes and buildings significantly reduce energy use (25% - 50%), reduce carbon emissions (33% - 39%), use less water (40%) and produce less solid waste (70%) than non green homes.
In sum, we know green homes are healthier, more comfortable and cost less to operate! So what’s up? What is the delay? Why are we not demanding more green homes?
Personally, I think the answers are hidden in the habitual nature of our conditioned patterns of behavior. It took many years for collective public awareness about cigarettes to take hold. It may take us a while to catch on to the issues around green homes.
I know we’ll get there eventually--better sooner than later as far as I am concerned.
I can't help but wonder what future generations will think when they look back at us on the future equivalent of YouTube?
What are your thoughts and feelings on this subject?
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