RE: Yes you can live in an all-solar house
There are numerous other people who live in affordable solar powered homes, participate in your nearest SOLAR Homes Tour. Although these homes are usually custom built, the owners have made a lot of design decisions that a standard builder would not make, like: house location and orientation, insulation, building design and room layout, window sizing, building materials and appliances. Every aspect of the building is looked at with the environment and occupants in mind. With inteligent decisions you can live with a much lower energy consumption level than you have right now without sacrificing your comfort and convience levels. Cookie cutter homes and sub-divisions can't make all of the appropriate decisions that will minimize your energy consumption.
The biggest problem with todays society is our unshakable belief that we CAN NOT survive in a sustainable way. Why do we need huge McMansions to house a couple of people? Why do we need huge vehicles that can go from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds or go 200mph? Why do we need to have our food transported thousands of miles to a processing plant and then transported back for consumption?
It all comes down to convienence and instant gratification.
