Boy, it took me forever to do this, fixed my "cooking heat/air quality in a heatwave" problem by making breakfast outside on the camp stove.
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@ai6yr @tomjennings we did a very cheap version of this by getting a big enough toaster oven and portable inductive range that we can cook and bake outside in the summer.
@smellsofbikes @tomjennings I am tempted to get a portable induction burner for outside, so I can personally make the switch off gas without having to lobby for wholesale household switching, lol.
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pre AC, this was almost standard in large/fancy houses in the southeast too.
with the apparent complete disregard for climate change by our govt, i suspect we'll be "discovering" all sorts of 16th-19th century building practices used to deal with high heat.
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with the apparent complete disregard for climate change by our govt, i suspect we'll be "discovering" all sorts of 16th-19th century building practices used to deal with high heat.
@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings I've already been doing research on those things.
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@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings I've already been doing research on those things.
there are some interesting modern twists too. someone was using old tires (filled with concrete?) in the southwest to build homes that buffered outside air temps and could use passive heat/cooling for much of the year.
i'll try to poke around later when i have time to see if i can get a better reference.
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there are some interesting modern twists too. someone was using old tires (filled with concrete?) in the southwest to build homes that buffered outside air temps and could use passive heat/cooling for much of the year.
i'll try to poke around later when i have time to see if i can get a better reference.
@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings "Earth Homes". Big thing in the counter-culture Southwest. With gardens and waterfalls inside.
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@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings "Earth Homes". Big thing in the counter-culture Southwest. With gardens and waterfalls inside.
I think the phrase then was "earthship" but as web search term you now get all these ai high end appearing shit designs.
Add the word "tire" and they pop up.
I dunno if using tires is a good idea long term. But ive seen them in extreme deserts, mojave and Sonora, filled with deaert gravel and sand, etsatz post industrial "natural" materials findable snd affordable out there.
Often sunk into the sides of hills.
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I think the phrase then was "earthship" but as web search term you now get all these ai high end appearing shit designs.
Add the word "tire" and they pop up.
I dunno if using tires is a good idea long term. But ive seen them in extreme deserts, mojave and Sonora, filled with deaert gravel and sand, etsatz post industrial "natural" materials findable snd affordable out there.
Often sunk into the sides of hills.
not ideal that we're still making tires and using individual cars/trucks rather than more environmentally friendly options but this at least does something useful with the used ones.
the other part of these i liked was doing stuff like using existing hills, passive heating/cooling, water, etc. to adjust temps rather than using fossil fuels or electricity.
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@smellsofbikes @tomjennings I am tempted to get a portable induction burner for outside, so I can personally make the switch off gas without having to lobby for wholesale household switching, lol.
@ai6yr @smellsofbikes @tomjennings
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with the apparent complete disregard for climate change by our govt, i suspect we'll be "discovering" all sorts of 16th-19th century building practices used to deal with high heat.
@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings @ai6yr I’m old enough to remember when window awnings were a thing. People love their sunny windows though. Not me, but other people.
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@paul_ipv6 @tomjennings @ai6yr I’m old enough to remember when window awnings were a thing. People love their sunny windows though. Not me, but other people.
@lydialurch @tomjennings @ai6yr
one of things in the mountains i've seen getting some traction are retractible awnings, so you can get shade in the summer and warmth in the winter.
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Boy, it took me forever to do this, fixed my "cooking heat/air quality in a heatwave" problem by making breakfast outside on the camp stove. Why did I not do this in the past?
(ultimate fix would be switching the stove to induction)
@ai6yr that's why when i had a gas grill i made sure it had a side burner!
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Boy, it took me forever to do this, fixed my "cooking heat/air quality in a heatwave" problem by making breakfast outside on the camp stove. Why did I not do this in the past?
(ultimate fix would be switching the stove to induction)
@ai6yr I thought you'd just fry your eggs on the sidewalk. Isn't that what you're supposed to do in a heatwave?
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