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Yes, yes. But the point of this article was that people weren't even given the option of PEX. I remember a few years ago steel frame houses were on the rise because the cost of steel had made it a very attractive alternative. Whatever your preference is, don't you think we should be able to decide for ourselves?

Sure, assuming that the house is being custom-built for you. What about spec houses? PEX may be the best thing since sliced bread...I don't know, frankly, having been out of the business for some years. But...it also may not be. I remember when the same arguments were used for CVPC for hot water piping. Turned out that that stuff was crap, and even possibly toxic.

Try replumbing a house if you want some real expensive hassles. If I were buying a spec house, I would not buy it if it had any plastic pipe in the walls. I'd ask, then walk if it was there. Copper will last a lifetime. Should the government be telling us what goes into our houses? Well, it's been doing that for many decades. Building codes are just that. No doubt there are things in there that shouldn't be, but the idea is good. Frankly, you have no idea what's inside the walls of a spec house. You can't see inside the walls. Without properly-enforced building codes, you would not believe what would pass for construction standards. The government has a role in this.

Whatever your preference is, don't you think we should be able to decide for ourselves?

Sure, I don't see any reason why a person building their own house shouldn't be able to, say, run a garden hose from the gas meter, across the lawn, under their slab, then up the wall to their furnace if they want to.

Or why bother with PEX and those complicated fittings for your water, why not just run garden hose in your walls and attic for your water?...Some people would if they could.