Mr. Obvious Story of the Day

Big houses overcome appliance efficiency:

And how has energy use changed over time? As the second chart below illustrates, our appliances have become more efficient over the past 20 years. Air conditioners, for instance, which account for a particularly large fraction of summer electricity bills, are getting sleeker. Overall, we’re using less energy per square foot. But that’s been counteracted by the fact that houses and apartments in the United States have kept getting bigger, which means that overall energy use continues to climb.

Anyway, the wasteful building of bigger and bigger crap shacks will haunt us for a long time.  I just avoid heating and cooling my home as much as possible.  Problem solved, sort of.