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Leah Sattler
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oklahoma

July 01, 2008, 07:42:38 AM

one or more years ago I was watching "American Inventor". on the show a man had what I thought was a spectacular idea just waiting to evolve and revolutionize building practices. From my shaky memory of it he wanted to use something similiar to Giant Leggos. I was so excited and was looking forward to seeing the idea come to fruition. Although I wasn't happy about the idea of plastics being such a large part of the plan I was thinking that something along the lines of super compressed straw bales or paper treated with a biologically friendly fire retardent/weather proofer. Ideally they would be compressed into a shape that nested together solidly and would be precise enough to insure the results were square and true. I have several ideas on the best way to design them. so many ideas....so little resources......

I have many ideas surrounding the details of construction, too many to list here.

The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the powers that be managed to suppress the idea because it would make it so easy to build your own home. With precise plans you could order your home with cut outs for plumbing and wiring and windows already in place and have it delivered on a few semi trucks to be constructed like a giant puzzle. Rent a loader and put your house together on your already built foundation.

hmmmmm......


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monica_jenkins
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July 02, 2008, 04:55:06 AM

I am not ready to don my tin foil hat yet but it wouldn't surprise me if we found out later that original ideas such as those held by the inventor you saw on TV and others who were experimenting with alternative fuels the last several decades weren't actively "discouraged" by those who were making money doing whatever-it-was the old fashioned way.

Money is what drives most people. New ideas can be a threat to a lot of people deeply hooked into the system. That will continue to be a problem as we transition to a more sustainable lifestyle collectively.


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Susan Monroe
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Western WA

October 14, 2008, 10:40:23 AM

Rather grand-scale ideas like changing the building industry needs investors. If his ideas weren't solid, he may not have been able to find anyone to back him.

And, with the price of oil escalating as badly has it has (and the lowering value of the American dollar), it may just be on a back burner somewhere.

But, it's not totally paranoia to suspect that he sold out to some big conventional building company and they just shoved the idea into the back of their vault.

Sue


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