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stotheco This is definitely good news. Other cities should follow the example that has been set in the UK. It's time to go green and there's no better time to do so than now.
stotheco Thanks for the link, James. Definitely looks like a promising project. I'm all for green and this community looks very good.
richheap Re: support from senior management, we should remember that there are two types of support. There's the support that says 'Yes, I support this idea and it's exactly the sort of thing we should be...
Mary Jander That planned community looks great, James! I'm glad to see the use of solar energy so prominent.
James@SanDiego Mary, I go ga ga over green eco friendly buildings and such. Visit this link for a planned green community in San Felipe Mexico: http://ranchocostaverde.com/
Mary Jander Interesting question about who is most resistant, Rich. I think there may not be as much resistance as lack of ability to put a dollars and cents figure on the benefits of green buildings. That is...
richheap Over the last five years, I think a clear business case has been made for developers to build environmentally-friendly buildings. Tenants like them as they can save money on energy bills and shout...
Mary Jander This is good news, @Toby. I do think that even though planners want green buildings, though, there is some resistance in the trenches, due to a lack of information that hinders budget allocations....
Toby @Mary: In the UK the architects and planners have been long set down this road, in both large and small cities and increasingly out in the surburbs by a set of directives from the EU and also by...
Toby @Mary: Indeed a guidng hand in the home is the most important starting point, something many kids do not get. After that I would say it is sports and a range of sporting activities which can appeal...
Toby @HenryWalbesser Like Rich, I do not have answers but I will make just one obeservation: While we can debate whether adding more gun control laws will achieve gun control, we...
stotheco Of the three you mentioned, I only find one of them to be a major concern. It doesn't look that dorky to me; I've seen other eyewear and accessories that look even more dorky than the Glass. As for...
Nicole Ferraro As an insider, I'd like to throw my opinion with those who believe that automatic and semi-automatic weapons should be banned. They have literally no place in society, and even if a ban won't prevent...
richheap I will certainly give it more thought, though I can't promise any answers. Perhaps I read your comment as more hostile than it seems like you intended it. If only for a few minutes, I felt like Piers...
HenryWalbesser Thanks. I was hoping for a fresh set of ideas from someone not involved in this long running debate. Sometimes an outsider can provide clarity or at least the right question. And yes...
richheap Honestly? I don't know, I really don't. And I'm not going to pretend I know, as this is a long running debate and one I've admitted that I don't know a lot about, hence my original question. I'm...
HenryWalbesser Rich – Since you are a "bemused outsider" I'm interested in the "more controls seem sensible" comment. More than what? Right now criminals and several other groups are prohibited from...
richheap As the bemused outsider again, it seems crazy that the automatic versus semi-automatic weapons discussion is even on the table. That's a choice I only ever have to make in violent computer games,...
richheap As the bemused outsider again, it seems crazy that the automatic versus semi-automatic weapons discussion is even on the table. That's a choice I only ever have to make in violent computer games,...
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stotheco This is definitely good news. Other cities should follow the example that has been set in the UK. It's time to go green and there's no better time to do so than now.
stotheco Thanks for the link, James. Definitely looks like a promising project. I'm all for green and this community looks very good.
richheap Re: support from senior management, we should remember that there are two types of support. There's the support that says 'Yes, I support this idea and it's exactly the sort of thing we should be...
Mary Jander That planned community looks great, James! I'm glad to see the use of solar energy so prominent.
James@SanDiego Mary, I go ga ga over green eco friendly buildings and such. Visit this link for a planned green community in San Felipe Mexico: http://ranchocostaverde.com/
Mary Jander Interesting question about who is most resistant, Rich. I think there may not be as much resistance as lack of ability to put a dollars and cents figure on the benefits of green buildings. That is...
richheap Over the last five years, I think a clear business case has been made for developers to build environmentally-friendly buildings. Tenants like them as they can save money on energy bills and shout...
Mary Jander This is good news, @Toby. I do think that even though planners want green buildings, though, there is some resistance in the trenches, due to a lack of information that hinders budget allocations....
Toby @Mary: In the UK the architects and planners have been long set down this road, in both large and small cities and increasingly out in the surburbs by a set of directives from the EU and also by...
Toby @Mary: Indeed a guidng hand in the home is the most important starting point, something many kids do not get. After that I would say it is sports and a range of sporting activities which can appeal...
Toby @HenryWalbesser Like Rich, I do not have answers but I will make just one obeservation: While we can debate whether adding more gun control laws will achieve gun control, we...
stotheco Of the three you mentioned, I only find one of them to be a major concern. It doesn't look that dorky to me; I've seen other eyewear and accessories that look even more dorky than the Glass. As for...
Nicole Ferraro As an insider, I'd like to throw my opinion with those who believe that automatic and semi-automatic weapons should be banned. They have literally no place in society, and even if a ban won't prevent...
richheap I will certainly give it more thought, though I can't promise any answers. Perhaps I read your comment as more hostile than it seems like you intended it. If only for a few minutes, I felt like Piers...
HenryWalbesser Thanks. I was hoping for a fresh set of ideas from someone not involved in this long running debate. Sometimes an outsider can provide clarity or at least the right question. And yes...
richheap Honestly? I don't know, I really don't. And I'm not going to pretend I know, as this is a long running debate and one I've admitted that I don't know a lot about, hence my original question. I'm...
HenryWalbesser Rich – Since you are a "bemused outsider" I'm interested in the "more controls seem sensible" comment. More than what? Right now criminals and several other groups are prohibited from...
richheap As the bemused outsider again, it seems crazy that the automatic versus semi-automatic weapons discussion is even on the table. That's a choice I only ever have to make in violent computer games,...
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