McMansions and Resource Allocation [View All]

[burythehatchet]

Imagine you are on as island, stranded along with five other people. You have a limited amount of food to share before it runs out. You don't know if you will be rescued.


Do you share the food or kill the others keep the food to feed yourself? ... you don't have to answer that :scared:

I just finished watching a 50 minutes segment about McMansions. The segment was, of course, infuriating. I asked myself why was it upsetting. What is it about houses greater than 4,000 sf that concerns me? And it occurred to me, its the resources. Most all of us choose to maintain residences between 400 to 2500 sf, depending on family size and income. The cost to heat, cool, provide public service, protect, etc is based on the size and to some extent, efficiency.

Energy is a finite resource, the food on the island, and we all have to share in the use of those resources. If the owner of the McMansion is using 5 times the resources to maintain his castle, is he not depleting the pool of resources at a faster rate by a magnitude of 5?

I think it's that aspect that gets under my skin...though many are beautiful in terms of architecture.