Green building has been one bright spot in a long-troubled building market. Until recently, builders and architects who decided long ago to focus on environmentally friendly design have stayed busy while others have faced a crippling slowdown. Now, we're just as bewildered as everyone else on the details of the $700 billion bailout, but we're wondering what effect you think it will have on all things green.
Survey and comments below the jump.
I think what will happen is that people who do not neeeed to spend money and fix things that aren't broken will not need to find green ways to spend money and remodel their houses. Basically there will be a lesser need for green renovation materials because people will not be demolishing their houses.
Also people will stop buying "green" items and use things that are truly recycled or reused thus being green but not needing to spend money to be green.
Case in point:
I was actually going to spend 200 bucks on a backyard rotating composter but then I found directions to make one from an old 55 gallon plastic trash can that I have had for years. If I would have purchased the 200 dollar one, it would have been considered a green purchase but in actuality i would have bought a new plastic product that would need to be shipped to my house from across the country...doesn't seem so green any more. So now I am composting and it was totally free!
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