insanity...

[chelidon]

Taste for Space Is Spawning Mansions Fit for a Commoner (subhed: Hot Housing Market Opens Doors to Mini-Taj Mahals)

This is so totally wrong. The amount of waste involved with one of these monstrosities is completely insane. But that's the American Dream..,

...which, no matter what I do or don't think about it, will almost certainly come crashing to a halt as energy prices spiral upwards. I have to admit, I do like big houses, but my thinking is more along the lines of how many people I could fit in it.

Comments

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nifty, thanks for the link! Well, in Silicon Valley, I can see that housing prices there might just lead to subdividing into 500 sq ft lots ;>

But yes, smaller places are muuuch more efficient, with much lower resource use all around, short and long-term. That's one of the reasons I love building yurts/gers. Next year I'm hoping to put in a couple of yurts, plus my 4-season treehouse, and the year after that, a hobbit-hole just downhill from the treehouse, south-facing.

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

*yearns for hobbit-hole*.

Before I knew anything about Tolkien, when I was very young, I wanted to grow up and live in a roundish home dug into the side of a hill. *sigh*

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Well, once we get it built, come on out and visit! South-facing direct gain and natural thermal mass (heck, I'd guess a row of big hairy feet could store a lot of heat ;>) are all the rage in Hobbiton, I hear.

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

As long as it's got someplace to boil a kettle of tea, I'm in. :)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, good tea is essential, if not compulsory ;>