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New definition of green
Cabins are not 'earth-friendly' |
biodiversivist |
15 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Green: A marketing scheme used to sell environmentally destructive crap to unthinking dupes. Here's an eco-fantasy article crafted to sell second homes. Scaling from the French doors in one picture I calculate that this 'cabin' is twice the size of my own two-story, two-bath, four-bedroom home in Seattle. Half of this visible wall is window, having half the insulation value of a typical wall:Located 50 feet from the house are two solar-tracking arrays with a total ... |
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| Topics: advertising, green building, green living, greenwashing (all these topics) |
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