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Originally Posted by Carol
These are forms of Home building that are both cheap and last forever when compared to conventional homes.
...this is the future. |
EcoDome was developed by a friend of the guy who started my Stregths Finder group. Those structures are awesome. You're so right, this is the future.
Today's houses, even the million-dollar ones, are built with particle board (wood chips glued together) and staples. It takes less than twenty years for them to be revealed as the pieces of toxic garbage they are. Plastic plumbing, fixtures, ridiculous energy usage and water consumption. City standards are fifty years behind the needs of the times.
Wattle, another virtually free material, is beautiful and can last for centuries. Old tires can be used to build virtually indestructible walls. Water can be reused, very little need be discarded. Houses CAN be built in such a way that their energy consumption is almost nil. Most of these methods are very low-tech, just what we need.