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A greener Germany 1:06pm on 22 May 2009 As a Freiburger abroad, I appreciate this great story about Germany's prettiest and most progressive city! You have to realize, though, that the "pretty face" of Freiburg depends heavily on very strict building codes. A Green government can leverage these rules and regulations (and the citizens' tolerance of these rules) to exert powerful control to implement strict environmental and aesthetic standards. Looks like this top-down environmentalism works well in Freiburg.

In my current home in the USA it is quite the opposite. Here in North Carolina, there are very few rules as to what I can and cannot do on my property, so I am free to set up a biodiesel production facility in my backyard or basement, I can take my home off the grid and experiment with many ways to provide electricity etc. Personally, I have come to appreciate this grass-roots environmentalism, even though it's quite a bit messier than the German top-down model.

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