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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (264124)	12/11/2005 4:11:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1578501

Ted, Why do you think our energy consumption per capita is significantly higher than Japan's and Europe's when our standard of living is not? I've never been to Europe, but I've been to Japan. The standard of living is pretty high there, but not as high as America. People here pretty much like having their space. There you go. Americans want their space, their cake and to eat it as well. How do you think that plays in the rest of the world? Do you really think we care about energy consumption when current new homes are 20% bigger than homes built 20 years ago? Yeah right. I've seen new homes built these days. They are anything BUT 20% bigger than new homes I've seen 20 years ago. Actually, they are 60% bigger since 1970: "Are these new homes really so gargantuan that they should attract such fear and loathing? Back in 1950, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the average new house clocked in at 963 square feet. By 1970, that figure had swollen to 1,500 square feet. Today's average: 2,400 square feet. One in five are more than 3,000 square feet." money.cnn.com When did self loathing become bad when there is justification? There is a fine line between introspection and self-loathing. Of course, the political rhetoric all too easily blurs that line. No one was discussing "introspection". We were talking about self loathing when there is justification. When did that become a bad thing?

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