Adam Lea wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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I think the problem is that to live a more energy efficient lifestyle
initially requires more effort and planning and people will instinctively
make choices that require the least effort. Once you get used to the
increase in planning required then it is really not that hard, it's just
getting over the initial hurdle.

But how much does insulation cost? Or is it a by product of the pot or
iron making industry?

Modern house building consists of stitching together strips of tin with
plasterboard. No amount of insulation is going to compensate for the
dereliction when after 10 years they start coming apart.

Fortunately I shall be dead before any of this gets at all serious.

And this sort of attitude is part of the problem.

I would have called it the final solution if someone else hadn't come
up with the phrase first. How about: "You can get over the initial
hurdle easily enough once you realise where the finish line is."?

How do you tell a farmer not to use a certain product when he is not
making a profit as it is? Who is going to tell Tesco to pay a decent
living to those who live at the sharp end?

How do you stop an influential South American Maffioso family raizing
the Amazon and killng all the locals? They are funded by you and me,
not just Monkey and Sock.