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It's easier to tear down and put up an energy efficient, sealed house than to fix up an old one.[/quote]

It takes less labor to tear down and rebuild, so it's cheaper  for the builder. It's much less efficient in terms of energy and materials. The McMansions are built in a way that barely meets code, so they'll be easy to tear down in twenty years or so, if we still have lumber left.[/quote]

Right cause these stats say that about mcmansions http://www.newdimensionsinc.com/Features/MAN.pdf . You are really ignorant to believe an oldrr house has energy efficiency and the safety of new modern codes. Don't hate on new things you cant afford[/quote]

Oh please.  For $2500 I airsealed and insulated our house up to, if not past those specs, and most of that was paid for by pepco rebates.  Plus our house is a reasonably sized 2000 or so sq ft. (including a finished basement), so it takes a lot less energy to heat/cool it than some ridiculous McMansion.  If you want to have the biggest house possible, by all means go for it, but don't pretend that you are actually saving resources by doing it.[/quote]

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