The Great Move-In Generation

It occurs to me that all the futuristic images of the super-duper green living that are being propagated as the vision for our future are as useless as the grim variety of the baked-and-smogged supercities if we don't act.

As we fail to meet our energy demand, one of the things that will have to change is where and how we live. Hours-long commuting will have to go rather soon. People will have to move closer to work or work remotely. Well it's not just any place where you'll be moving in. You'll be moving in with other people. That's right, creating living space requires enormous effort and energy. That means moving back in time - to the times when there were such thing as two-person house.

So this got to be the image to get the lazy America moving. Crowded living room, no personal bedrooms, and forget those long showers. It's either this tomorrow or go greener today.