Big Fat Carbon Footprint

I learned a new term via an online class I'm enrolled-in.  

 

Greenwashing.

 

The process of conveying a false impression or providing misleading information about how something is more environmentally sound. Greenwashing is considered an unsubstantiated claim intended to deceive someone into believing that a product, plan or decision is environmentally friendly.

 

At what point do we stop calling something a tiny home? 

 

Tiny House Giant Journey - Treehugger

 

This one is towed by a big Volvo semi-truck, carries a spare smart car, and at 300 square feet is bigger than a lot of urban apartments. Kimberley (the author of the article) notes it is replacing a 5,000-square-foot home the owners say was much more wasteful and extravagant, and it does have solar panels and batteries, but that is one big truck towing it around.

I live in a modest house that happens to be Energy Star rated.  It will likely be standing for decades and lifetimes long after this set-up is land-filled.

I wonder if anyone has conducted a valid audit of this or if it's another way for wealthy individuals to travel yet put-on appearances of green living...

It's a trailer towed by a really large Volvo tractor for God's sake.

 

With the big fat carbon footprint.

 

Read the entire story here.