Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. People have an environmental impact, but we have to let them live.
People live very well in Western Europe and they pay very high taxes to limit energy consumption.
It isn't a zero or one decision. You can just as easily lay the blame at the steps of the energy utilites themselves. They have very undistinguished records at forecasting future energy demand. And did many of them build cogeneration plants to alleviate the dependence on the power grid.