We have to get people off RMAX etc. and on to Hunter XCI 286 / Thermax HD and such like. Have to. It's time.
-- *Vinay Gupta * * [email protected] <[email protected]> * *http://re.silience.com* <http://re.silience.com> *Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest* UK Cell : +44 (0)7500 895568 Twitter/Skype/Gtalk: hexayurt "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Dan March <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey y'all ~ > > When I saw the headline for this post, I imagined yurts at some stage of > tear-down and loading getting blown astray - or worse, being abandoned (so > I'd be interested in how that quantified). > > Of course, reading it revealed a problem pretty hard to miss on the roads > away from BRC - just as darxus reports. Bringing the large amounts of > stuff - from art to experimental dwellings to costumes and consumables are > all part of what make the experience what it is - so we deal with it > better. > > It's legitimate to call out yurts specifically. There are more every year > (because they're such as cool dwelling solution), but that really means we > need to solve the transport problem. It's kind of unique to yurts because > it's possible and tempting to flap a stack of insulation boards on your > roof rack and drive. They're light. But as noted, they're also fragile. > > Even though they're modular and collapsible, they do take up significant > space in garages, etc. > > *Conceptually simple solution:* Store them more or less on the playa. > As I understand it, many organized camps have storage containers left on > adjacent non-BLM land which are transported to & from campsites for each > year's burn by BLC "facilities" guys (someone help me out with their > official name... and contact info, please). > > *Real-world wrinkles:* ..Attendance uncertainty, > maintenance/repair/remodel/replace and on-playa logistics. None of that is > easy, I got a little look at that by making almost 30 yurts, getting them > to people (mostly on-playa), dealing with supplier delays, weather delays, > entry delays, people not coming after all, unforeseen "variation" in > user/owner setup and breakdown etc. Then, "What's worth saving?" - which > means cleaning up dust, messed up tape, dings, etc. I'm pretty sure a > significant percentage of yurts come out of the garage 5 years after their > only burn and just land in the trash (carbon/general environmental > footprint???). > > So it's not a "simple" solution. But is there a better one? It's > certainly not a one solution fits all world either. Camps and other groups > carefully collect yurts and put them in the camp storage. But not every > camp does this for everyone all the time. > > Thoughts? > > Dan > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://blog.burningman.com/2014/09/environment/moop-map-2014-roadside-poop-hexamoop/ >> >> 'The second, more surprising 2014 trend: hexayurts. Large numbers >> of broken hexayurt panels wound up littering the highway, scattering >> little bits of styrofoam through the sage. Solution: Strap your hexayurt >> panels more carefully, so they won’t bend and break when you hit >> highway speeds. >> >> “Wrap your yurts! They fly away, and once it hits the sagebrush, >> it’s over,” says Ninjalina, Highway Cleanup Assistant Manager. The >> prickly branches catch bits of foam and wood as they blow past in the >> wind, creating an extended trail of littered brush. >> >> “My truck alone picked up 64 contractor bags of trash, 30 tires, >> 20 yurt panels and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff,” Ninjalina says.' >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
