Entitlements

In the US today, our standard of living reflects 4 times the earths resources and the population is about to double. Imagine twice as many people. If we consider old fashioned values, we all remember a different time, from our own lives or our families lives, a simpler time in some ways. Certainly, as a home design/build professional, I have been through the Solar 70"s, the greedy 80"s, the somewhat prosperous 90's and 00"s. Home building used to be done by individual builders who had reputations and quality was highly regarded. Today we have large builders who see our farms and aquifers as opportunity to buy cheap land to build Hog homes.Back in the 70's corporations saw an opportunity to control people's lives and transfers became common.At around the same time, divorce increased housing needs and quality became too expensive. All we had known and learned about solar was forgotten. The documentary film, "Earth Day" , worth seeing, shows the politics of the 80's when Carter said we needed to sacrifice and Regan said, no we do not, not we Americans! We voted and the environmental movement of the 60's,70's and 80's disappeared.
Between the unbridled greed at the expense of human health we are in a most critical time . Maybe an answer is in a simple choice, choose quality over quantity hence creating balance in lifestyle and future health.