What are your thoughts on "Green Technology"?? Good or bad or work in progress.

Personally I think “Green” has merits and overall has good intentions. What I have seen to date is Green anything costs more…in some cases a crippling amount more and consequences that are impactful in often undesirable ways.

Green on paper sounds good and politically packs a punch but I am not interested in the politics of green, I am interested in the practical aspects of green and the impact it will have on manufacturers and ultimately us the consumer.