The bad news is that 30 million Americans live in wasteful, inefficient homes.
Recent studies show millions living in unhealthy homes.
Many Americans live in depreciating homes, which denies them home equity on one hand and erodes their children's school tax base on the other. West Virginians are the No. 1 homeowners at 77 percent - and also leaders in shacks and sprawl. West Virginia, with many obsolete homes, trails in property taxes and school support. Even worse news is that tax policy subsidizes our excesses. It is an economic and environmental paradox that cuts many ways.