One other thing that people do not factor in is the muscle power needed to maintain a low-energy household.
Maintaining solar panels, for instance. Hauling water, doing laundry in the bathtub and dishes in the sink.
If we go back to the ‘30’s, no more running the teenagers to violin lessons and soccer al the tme. Teenagers have to pitch in and help. There will need to be a full-time homemaker.
And it ain’t going to be Pa.
They are called “Green Jobs” because after cap and trade goes through if you have a job people will be green with envy.