Homebuilders are fighting green building. Homeowners will pay.
www.bloomberg.com
Using questionable math, industry lobbyists are frustrating efforts to make new houses more efficient and compatible with clean technology.
  • Binthinkin@kbin.social
    18·
    10 months ago

    Not surprised. As a home builder who grew up using green building practices I have watched the industry take over code writing in CA much to the detriment of homeowners.

    Product makers and industry leaders should not be writing building codes nor fighting the public on climate change but that’s what you get when you install incompetent pricks who paid for their campaign by catering to the industry to public office.

    • NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org
      4·
      10 months ago

      I genuinely wish that campaign funding via donations, PACs, Super PACs, etc was illegal. Make some campaign tax that pulls in roughly the value that these industries were dumping into bribing politicians anyway, but now evenly distribute those funds to each candidate in the running.

      The industries would obviously throw hissy fits about this because they couldn’t have their little puppets in congress anymore, but it’d do so much for giving government back to the people

  • Franklin@lemmy.world
    18·
    10 months ago

    Given the source I’m incredulous.

    While corporations are out of hand greedy and trying stifling every genuine attempts with their pseudo solutions Bloomberg is also not on our side.

    • RabbePompano@lemmy.world
      81·
      10 months ago

      No thanks. I mean I’m firmly in the build more apartments crowd but I want to own my own place with a yard.

        • Overzeetop@beehaw.org
          3·
          10 months ago

          I have never, in my life, seen an apartment or condo with that level of stc or iic rating, much less one installed correctly. The only place I’ve been in with that kind of treatment is a SCIF for TS/SCI functions and you could build a whole good damned single family house for that kind of money.

    • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
      106·
      10 months ago

      Yes! Cram everyone in apartments! People living on all sides is the dream! Who could possibly want land or space between them and neighbors!? Eliminate choice, push everyone into a box.