Emerging Nano Tech

It's frightening how quickly the technology world is changing. It's moving much faster than our abilities to digest the ramifications of its implementation. In the next 20 years we are bound to see rapid and unexpected changes, for better or worse.

Independence Housing

I have always loved alternative home construction. Earthships initially interested me, but I have been a bit put off by the sheer amount of brute physical labour required to erect one. It's simply impossible to slap one up in a season.

Straw bale is probably a better choice, and it can be done without post and beam as I learned many years ago in a seminar with Chris Magwood.

Recently, I have been looking into it again and have discovered tiny homes. I like the concept; they are small, energy efficient, easy to build and portable. The only drawback is that you have to live in a small space, but that doesn't bother me too much. I have lived on a sailboat and in a small Korean apartment for nearly a decade. In such a small space, solar and wind are viable energy options. I'd be willing to bet that if insulated well, even a candle could heat one of these in the winter.

Here's a nice video that an old gentleman with a noble philosophy has put up on youtube.

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