this happened in front of me once this year...the semi behind the guy almost went sideways and people were afraid to pass him thus causing a traffic jam on the road.

The percentage of energy used over a buildings lifetime is close to 4 times as much energy as it took to build it initially. That is why it is more important to build a better quality builing for it will pay for itself through energy savings.

However, most people and developers are only thinking about the total amount of square footage they can get for a certain amount of money, which equals strip malls and suburb devlopments.