Originally Posted by Expatriate
Perhaps I'm a bit too idealistic, but I've got ideas that I want to see embraced by more consumers. It's a total waste trying to push things here, but I've got hope for the US. Our new house will have some way to capture solar energy. We'll have a worm farm for recycling food scraps. A compost bin. A water tank to capture rainwater for our organic garden. I've done my research on this, and come to the conclusion that my family can lessen our environmental impact.
Unfortunately, 95+ percent of Americans don't think like this, and IMO it won't become commonplace in America in my lifetime without dramatic sweeping social changes, whatever drives them...