MikePaterson
Stay together for the planet's sake?
Posted on: 09/24/2009 15:11
A 2007 U.S. study has found that, when couples split up, each partner hives off to consume 46 per cent more electricity and 56 per cent more water than they would have had they stayed together. American divorcees in 2009 used 2373 billion litres of water and 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricty that they wouldn't have needed had they stayed together. Divorce and relationship splits are the major contributor to the growth in number of households in the U.S. (and presumably in many parts of the wealthy world where people can afford to set up new homes when relationships come unstuck) ... and therefore has big environmental impacts. The decline in the number of multi-generation and extended family households is also a factor.
Share your home and save the planet!
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jesouhaite777
Share your home and save the
Posted on: 09/25/2009 10:59
Share your home and save the planet!
Does it have to always be about saving the planet ?
Charles T
I love this.
Posted on: 09/25/2009 11:15
I love this.
kaythecurler
Yet another good reason to
Posted on: 09/25/2009 15:38
Yet another good reason to 'nest'.
seeler
As we drove through a new
Posted on: 09/26/2009 06:27
As we drove through a new development in our city - low-rise but attractive apartments; small houses; condos - I asked: "Where do all these people come from?"
Two main sources: seniors who are downsizing, and singles. And many of those singles are from divorces or broken relationships. Apparently when Dad moves out of the family home, he doesn't move into a rooming house anymore. And when couples split and sell their home, they both look for accommodation. Yes, while each might not require as much space as a couple, each will want to have an apartment and a vehicle.
Charles T
Yes, they both want room for
Posted on: 09/26/2009 09:34
Yes, they both want room for kids or grandkids to visit.
lindsayspark
This is so awesome!
Posted on: 07/22/2010 02:38
This is so awesome!
RitaTG
careful MikePaterson .....
Posted on: 07/22/2010 12:42
careful MikePaterson
..... this would seem to make polygamy a "green" lifestyle!
Had to share that giggle
...put it in someone else's brain and get it out of mine LOL
Hugs
Rita
mrs.anteater
I would say having one
Posted on: 07/24/2010 22:07
I would say having one community men's house and one for women like the south american rainforest tribes do would be most efficient.
Just wonder why they would have to safe on heating in the rain forest. It does safe on building materials.
MistsOfSpring
It would certainly appear
Posted on: 07/24/2010 22:35
It would certainly appear that extended families and polygamy are the way to go.
InannaWhimsey
I'd go for that. I rather
Posted on: 07/25/2010 00:38
I'd go for that. I rather like Heinlein's musings of Group Marriages :3
To be found in such fine works as Time Enough for Love, Friday, Stranger in a Strange Land.