{"id":931,"date":"2005-03-22T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-22T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/03\/22\/more-on-purity\/"},"modified":"2005-03-22T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-22T16:51:00","slug":"more-on-purity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/more-on-purity\/","title":{"rendered":"More on “Purity”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Interesting essay<\/a> on Treehugger that riffs on criticism of vinyl windows as an example of “free-market utopian[ism].” As author John Laumer points out, vinyl windows are one of the most affordable means available of making a building more energy-efficient. This becomes a metaphor, though, for “absolutism and uncritical thinking on both sides of the debate.” I’m perfectly comfortable with products that use a little available, though unsustainable, material to create an economic and environmental benefit. What I’d want to know in this case, though, is the old “cost-benefit” ratio: is there a greater benefit derived from widespread use of vinyl windows than the costs (all the costs) of making and using vinyl?<\/p>\n Technorati tags: energy efficiency<\/a>, green building<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interesting essay on Treehugger that riffs on criticism of vinyl windows as an example of “free-market utopian[ism].” As author John Laumer points out, vinyl windows are one of the most [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n