10 Comments

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  gogogo at 12:27 PM JST - 18th June

  Vacuum thermal insulators is not new, it's been used overseas for 10-20 years. Japan still doesn't even know how to vent a house correctly.

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  kurtp at 12:32 PM JST - 18th June

  and they have no clue how to insulate a home. just think of the A/C costs in summer and heating in winter. my brand new condo has SINGLE GLAZING... ridiciolous.

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  Jandals at 01:01 PM JST - 18th June

  geniuses

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  Altria at 01:26 PM JST - 18th June

  Or they could take the visitors to Yoyogi Park to see cutting-edge eco housing units made from 100% recycled materials.

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  gogogo at 02:28 PM JST - 18th June

  Altria: hahaha!

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  jaybeeb at 04:25 PM JST - 18th June

  let's keep in mind that Japan never really adopted central heating/cooling in homes and therefore uses half the energy per capita as the US or Canada. Perhaps these things you people think are lacking are simply not needed.

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  williamsmith at 04:58 PM JST - 18th June

  I wish the G8 would just go away. A lot of hot air and wasted energy.

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  Nessie at 05:23 PM JST - 18th June

  In the living room, Honda Motor Co.’s ASIMO humanoid robot walking on two feet will serve tea.

  Kinda hard to serve tea on all fours.

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  weedkila at 01:30 AM JST - 19th June

  I vote METI starts it's door to door sales campaign by visiting Al Gore's house first.

  Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month

  June 17, 2008

  http://tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=764

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  weedkila at 01:32 AM JST - 19th June

  I should have added,

  In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10% : )

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