Currently i live in a street that has a single row of houses (about 10) and is surrounded by woodland, it's in the middle of nowhere and very peaceful but the hovels are typical red brick stacks that stick out like sore thumbs from the surrounding environment. Most people in the street treat their houses as hovels, rubbish on the street, all over the garden and god knows what state their hovels look like inside. These people couldn't give a fig about the environment, global warming, energy efficiency, the future and all that boring rubbish. Someone once said to me "why should i care about the planet? What's it ever done for me?" that unbelievably dumb quote was from a 26yo girl and sadly i have to share this planet with her and many, many like her.
The previous occupiers of my house lived like animals. Dirty nappies in the garden, enough toys to fill a toy shop, half burned rubbish and all sorts off rotting food. The carpets stank of urine and when the windows were shut the bedrooms had the same smell as a well soiled rabbit hutch and judging by the thick black damp around the windows I don't think the windows were ever opened. To put it bluntly, it's a **** hole and there's 10's of 1000's similar houses throughout the UK lived in by people who just don't give a flying fig.
The authorities deem this as normal, pro eco friendly and benefits society.
When someone/anyone who chooses to build and live in a 'eco-house' and proves that it's possible to live in a 'mud and straw hut' that blends in, sustains natural resources and has a minimal impact without using vast amounts of electric, gas and other high costs of running a 'normal' house then i am 100% behind them.
Besides, what does the future hold for all of us (or grand kids) when oil as reserved for governmental use only, when the total planet population is way over the 15 billion mark, when there's no more available land to build more brick houses, mass unemployment and all sorts of other doom and gloom (unless there's some massive catastrophe or the mother of all wars there's no possible way the western world can continue this way of life beyond the next 100 years) and when energy efficiency has become law?
I'm blabbing on now, gonna be more e efficient by stop typing.
Cut it short = LESS BRICK\PREFAB HOUSES MORE ECO EYECANDY HOUSES LIKE THESE