Ecoshells as temp housing?

[randomq]

Announcing the "Puna World's (Disaster) Fair": all housing technologies welcome to be built on-site and showcased, but you have to donate the building. Whaddaya think? We can do this!

[terracore]

"There cool but $30,000"

Economies of scale. If they ever start mass-producing them the prices could drop, and then drop again further when there is competition.

I *think* the $30k price is FOB in England. The actual price of getting one to Hawaii would be substantially more than that.

[dobanion]

quote:

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Originally posted by randomq

Announcing the "Puna World's (Disaster) Fair": all housing technologies welcome to be built on-site and showcased, but you have to donate the building. Whaddaya think? We can do this!

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I support it. I might just participate.

[ElysianWort]

Maybe aircrete domes other other types too?

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/401664860501292353/

[kalakoa]

all housing technologies welcome to be built on-site and showcased, but you have to donate the building

...and nobody's allowed to actually live in it, because codes and permits.

[randomq]

I think the voting public would side with the evacuees on this one. Given proper sanitation etc.

[kalakoa]

I think the voting public would ...

Input from the voting public made no difference to the last round of building code "updates"...

[randomq]

The "world is watching" now, and many families displaced.