| Earthship Lands in Colorado |
| Tuesday, 24 October 2006 | ||
 The Earthship is heated by passive solar heat via a large Greenhouse attached to the building. Photovoltaic panels provide electricity, which powers Mr. Simmons’ home office and super efficient Sun Frost refrigerator. Their cooking is done on a wood-burning stove. If you want to learn more about Earthships there are many great resources at earthship.org.
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Cans of concrete?
written by GTW , October 25, 2006
librarians and earthships
written by John , October 25, 2006
(In response to the commenter: Am I crazy or are trees more of a renewable resource than, say, coal-generated electricity? Modern wood stoves are so super-efficient, and so awesome, that they're great for people who live on some land and won't burn more than they can grow.)
Also, there is a librarian who blogged about my book once (she hated it, as I recall) who is building one of these earth ships. They're pretty awesome, I think, if usually very very small.
Toxic tires.
written by rob , October 26, 2006
While using waste products is laudable, I thought that tires gave off hazardous chemicals as they broke down, wouldn't this permeate the living areas?
On a brighter note, the land is very cheap in Durango $62,000 for 55 acres, I think I'm emigrating.
Re: librarians and earthships
written by GTW , October 28, 2006
Why are we talking about coal when every other post on this blog is about solar electricity? And by gas I meant compost gas.
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written by Celia , November 10, 2006
Where's the greenhouse? How big is it? Is it bigger than a single wide? Can it stand up to hurricanes and tornadoes?
the offgassing non-issue. Tires are haza
written by earthship biotecture , April 15, 2007
There is an extensive study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison that was presented to us by the state of New Mexico. The cover page of which is here. It can be obtained through the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706. It would probably cost something to get it. In addition to this study, we have 30 years of experience living with the tire buildings. It has been our experience that this type of first-hand knowledge is often more valuable than any study at any price. Tires are Hazardous is piles, not Earthships.
read the report here: http://www.earthship.net/modul...cle&sid=21 |
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Also I hope his wood burning stove is a bit more efficiently designed than regular wood burning stoves... I can't imagine how anything that burns wood can be energy efficient or tree-friendly than a well designed electric or gas stove. If his isn't... then too bad that people are making a fashion out of this eco/green thing and doing un-eco-friendly/pointless things in the process.