>> Dana wrote: >> *Does* capitalism really allow each person to set their >> own standard of living?
> I have no clue what you're talking about, but, yeah, I do > think capitalism allows you to pick your own standard of > living. It's not perfect, but it works. That's not been true anywhere I've lived... Various lobying for a specific kind of predominantly urban middle-class lifestyle has resulted throughout the US in stupid legislation of how people can or can't choose to live... examples abound... No more than 2 people per bedroom and no permanent residents in any room (say the living room) not designated as a bedroom. (Not that I haven't known people who've crowded a house or apartment, but not legally.) Here in FL and probably in most of the US, no dwelling, no matter how well designed, that's not designed specifically for central air-conditioning. So if you wanted to design a "green" dwelling that relies on passive air-flow to keep it cool, you're SOL because the state requires you to not be environmentally friendly in that way. It might not be an issue if you could design a dwelling that supported either AC or passive air-flow (resident's preference as to which to use), though my understanding is that the regulations for AC prohibit what would be necessary for passive air-flow. Which is assinine... Central air as a technology has only existed for less than 100 yrs... but now that it's here, we're not allowed to not use it, even though we survived just fine for two MILLENIA without it. No it's not perfect... I think the jury's still out on its working. Personally I think it only works if your priorities happen to match those of the mainstream, metrosexual culture. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174924 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
