However, if you want to conserve energy, start with the average residential house made out of wood. What’s the utility bill on that? A lot. Contrast that with passive solar construction where the house is designed to passively heat/cool.

Now, where’s that house? Is it in a location where the only decent way to live involves driving a personal automobile miles and miles? I’d say that house is in the wrong place.

The fact is, the vast majority of consumer energy use is for a few things which are incredibly wasteful. Most of the things we use electricity for are fairly efficient.