Isabelle Groc’s article, “When the Joneses go solar,”
would have been more properly titled “When the Joneses build an
8,000-square-foot monument to excess consumption on five acres,
they go solar to make the neighbors think they give a hoot about
the environment” (HCN, 7/23/07).
Couldn’t Ms. Groc have found a home that reflected consideration
for proper land use, was sized for the average family, and
constructed using environmentally friendly products as well as
solar to better demonstrate aesthetics versus environmentalism?
Steve Ware
Merlin,
Oregon
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Keeping up with the Joneses.
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