[Greenbuilding] ENERGY STAR Clothes Dryers Program Launch

[David Bergman]

I preach this all the time, though not as the only solution. But the 
institutional and international barriers to implementing this are 
huge -- which is why I can't think of it as the only solution.

See for instance
Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians Hate)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate

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author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
blog - www.EcoOptimism.com
adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design

At 09:03 AM 7/24/2012, Grace Annam wrote:

>That's why the only substantive long-term solution is to, as much as 
>possible, see that the costs are born by the people creating 
>them.  ALL the costs, including the long-term and far-away costs.
>
>Then the economists can sit back and have a field day while we all 
>go about making rational choices on how to spend our money...
>
>Grace
>
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