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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people are into big houses.  Some people are into cars.  Some people are into clothes, handbags, or other status symbols.  Some people are into food.  Some people are into vacations.  Why judge?[/quote]

Because they are destroying what's left of our green space just because people in the US always want more more more.  Complete excess.[/quote]

Patty, [b]your solar panels and your Tesla…aren’t saving the planet like you think they are[/b]. Sorry to burst your bubble. [/quote]

:lol: Exactly.  It has been common knowledge (and before that, common sense) for years that the greenest thing to do is continue to repair your modest older car.  We could have all been doing it.

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Not true.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/greenhouse-gas-houses-alberta-1.7077760

[i]What did you look at?

We wanted to look at the energy consumption by households across Edmonton and see whether it's the housing topology that's leading to greenhouse gas emissions versus transportation vehicles that they use.

What did you find?

What we found is buildings produce about 45 per cent more greenhouse gas emissions than personal transportation, which is opposite of what we think.

We also found that single-family detached homes consume more energy than any other type. When we look at our suburbs and neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Edmonton, they're generally more energy efficient.

But per capita greenhouse gas emission is much higher in the suburbs. And this is partly because of the increase in floor area for heating and cooling purposes. If you look at the suburbs, the single detached homes have much larger floor area, about 1,900 sq. ft compared to more mature neighbourhoods where the average is about 1,400 sq. ft.

There's a 40 per cent increase in the floor area which has to be heated and nowadays, it has to be cooled as well. A bigger house is going to cost you more, therefore more greenhouse gases.[/i]

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/homes-do-more-damage-to-climate-than-cars/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/13/climate/climate-footprint-map-neighborhood.html

https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/publications

~Sustainability SME
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