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Energy Lessons.(blaming someone for the energy crisis)(Brief Article)

By Jones, Ron
Publication: Professional Builder (1993)
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2001

The sorry state of U.S. energy supplies means more for builders than you might think.

At the first National Green Building Conference, held in Denver in 1999, I heard John Knott of Dewees Island, S.C., speak. One of the things he said that has stayed with me was that developers and builders would need to become energy producers as well.

Just two years have passed, and now I'm reading articles about the sorry shape of U.S. energy supplies. "Rolling blackouts"--that sounds ominous, doesn't it? Predictions for the coming summer are anything but encouraging. See

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