I guess they consider $42 a month pretty reasonable since the heating and cooling are electric, and in Catawba NC there'd be a good bit of both. I wish they had given the figures for it, but i imagine the monthly average bill would be a heck of a lot higher without the modifications they describe. I notice that some of the homes are net producers of energy instead of using any at all.

The more i think about it, i think it's a great idea and politically doable that an executive order be given, or better for congress to pass a law that if federal disaster relief funds are used, and an area declared a disaster area, that the rebuilding efforts should be state of the green arts, like the Greensburg plan.

This idea to rebuild green, and new green image seems to have given greensburg quite a moral boost when it most needed it. I don't think i've ever heard of a community that was devastated to that extent. It must have been a terrible disheartening and demoralizing experience, and this gave the town something to rally around, and likely some extra attention and funds for the rebuilding effort . Gives me a little boost too, as i find the story inspiring. Thanks chopper, for starting this thread.