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IcerocketOff the Grid, But Living in Style
Posted 11.26.2007 at 11:46 am
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The zeroHouse, a concept home designed by the New York architecture firm Specht Harpman, would run on solar power and rain water, use gravity-fed plumbing instead of traditional energy-demanding pumps, and recycle its waste.
SF site Technovelgy.com likens it to the advanced abodes described in the Arthur C. Clarke novel Childhood's End, which could be anywhere on land, or even in the sea. The zeroHouse isn't quite there yet, but it certainly would make its occupants feel like the characters in an SF novel. Even the winged solar panel design is reminiscient of the International Space Station. Unfortunately, though, the couches don't look very comfortable.—Gregory Mone
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Chemtrails are very real and very toxic. I see them weaved over manhattan almost daily to the point the sun is blocked. How come nothing is said or done to stop the mass poisining of the world? PLEASE google chemtrails and learn what they are composed of and the reason they are being sprayed on us.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulRE: Off the Grid, But Living in Style
I wonder how this type of building would do in the north half of the country or in Canada? I figure that the first serious winter and this house would be done in. Note, as I write this where I am it is 11 degrees below with a wind of around 50 MPH outside.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulChemtrails Fact or Fiction? Has the world come so blind they have only noticed these contrials in the sky after 911? Ice particles and condensation form on wings at high altitudes along with exhaust from the engine form cloud-like trails in the sky. SAC pilot should know.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulWow that thing looks ugly.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulI can fix the fuel dumping problem, drop tanks with little parachutes.