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heating?
Pah!
When it's cold I just wear a coat indoors. Thats how rugged I am!
But anyway... solar panels can just about handle heating the hot water tank, but they arent so great (or at least the one's my neighbour used to have werent)...
The question is... America is a very energy efficient society on the whole (and relatively)... if you spend $1000 on saving energy, the impact of that is far far less than $1000 spent in China, India, Brazil or one of the industrialising economies. And i guess you could apply that to a smaller and more personal scale. Using insulation and so on is all sensible stuff cos it saves you money as well - but the impact of living in an eco friendly house or a normal house is fairly minimal to the benefit you could have - for example - starting up a local free-cycle group. Thats how I'd look at it anyway - investing my personal efforts in the greatest net benefit rather than in the thing that caused the most personal sacrifice... although the latter may be better for the soul of course.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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