Cold

Turned on the heat in my house for the first time this season today, I am hoping not to have the dreaded energy spike that I hear so much about, especially since I live in an old draft house. Even with cold in house temperatures a considerable amount of energy will be used to heat my house, let alone the houses in Kalamazoo, and every other cold place in America. Just as the west is short on water because maybe people are not supposed to be living their in such great quantities, could we be using to much energy to stay warm? Maybe most of the United States population should be living in the southeast corner of the country, or at least migrating there for winter? We are nowhere near that type of energy crisis right now, but possibly in the future, who knows. I had not really thought of the special resources it takes to survive even here in Michigan. As our country and the rest of the world began to think more about conserving resources, one of the first things that must be considered is what places can successfully and sustainable hold huge amounts of people while making the smallest burden possible for the environment. Regardless of energy use or not, I really enjoy a warm house in the cold winter.