On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:12 AM, fsim <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Chris,
>
> May I suggest you use Insulation Cork Board.
> Further information can be found on:
> http://www.bcork.amorim.com/en/constructive-solutions
>
> I don't want to single out this company because so very very VERY
many companies do it -- I just want to say that I usually don't read most
ads any more when they are coy about the cost of what they are selling.
It's the same reason I buy so much online: my time and money are precious.
I can't go through 123 pages of bragging to get to a Form that basically
collects ALL my data - so they can spam me with phone calls and emails.
Most companies who are (or want to be in) the alternative-construction
business really don't care about small users and their pricing reflects
this focus.
I've been into alternative building for more than thirty years now (I
graduated from Shelter Institute in 1978) and I've seen that MOST of the
things being touted in the 70s did not work out as planned. Especially the
highest tech, leading edge, pioneering hardware. (Active solar is a bust,
in my opinion.) Technology in general has not made much of a dent in most
of the fundamental issues - and so many towns have institutionalized these
mistakes, there won't be a "cure" for the energy waste in our lifetime.
Cities are built for cars. Houses face the wrong way. Families are growing
in size again, as the economy fails to provide enough living for each
generation to have a private home.
Soooo... cork attached to layers of insulation attached to walls made
of Unobtainium - isn't as interesting as a single photo essay starring a
pudgy guy who basically takes the camera away from his girlfriend as he
shoots with poor lighting, all the while blabbing a pile of run-on
sentences -- well, I'll watch THAT a few times on YouTube and try to follow
up the links.
Insulation cork board - AND EVERY OTHER THING TO DO WITH MAKING THESE
HEXAYURTS OR ANY ALTERNATIVE BUILDING - must pass the single pivotal
threshold test: is it affordable? Until that question is answered, nothing
else really matters.
Whetting our appetites has been a pasttime of the alternative building
movement for decades now and it's time to take a step back and check out
buildability for real people whose economic security is circling the drain.
How about showing us some videos of a hexayurt built using your product?
Surely a large company can afford examples? How much do you spend on trade
shows? R&D? Sales reps?
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