Scott Adams On the Difficulty of Building a 'Green' Home

An anonymous reader writes "Scott Adams built himself a new house with the goal of making it as 'green' as possible, and detailed his experience for those interested in following in his missteps. Quoting: '... So the architect — and later your building engineer, too — each asks you to sign a document saying you won't sue them when beavers eat a load-bearing wall and your entire family is crushed by forest debris. You make the mistake of mentioning this arrangement to your family, and they leave you. But you are not deterred because you're saving the planet, damn it. You'll get a new family. A greener one. Your next hurdle is the local planning commission. They like to approve things that are similar to things they've approved before. To do otherwise is to risk unemployment. And the neighbors don't want to live next to a house that looks like a compost pile. But let's say, for the sake of this fascinating story, that everyone in the planning commission is heavily medicated with medical marijuana and they approve your project over the objections of all of your neighbors, except for the beavers, who are suspiciously flexible. Now you need a contractor who is willing to risk his career to build this cutting-edge structure. Good luck with that.'"

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To the people modding me down - why hide?

[SuperKendall]

You know, if someone thought my arguments were really wrong, made no sense - they would in fact upvote my post, so that everyone could see just how "wrong" I was.

Instead though, you do not try to argue with what I say - you try to hide it.

So that means that either the people modding me down are either not intelligent enough to vote up my post for ridicule, or they are intelligent and realize I am correct - and must therefore have my points hidden since they are irrefutable.

Therefore, either people modding me down are thick in the head or I am a genius. Pick one.

Pretty sure it's the latter based on the soundness of my last sentence. Do you really not think the key to protecting the environment is to improve the economy? We'll never know because you cannot seem to debate.