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The folks that put together this 3D printer maybe should have visited a country like Mexico to understand the houses are already put together ad-hoc with cinder
by shiftpgdn 9y ago
The folks that put together this 3D printer maybe should have visited a country like Mexico to understand the houses are already put together ad-hoc with cinder blocks. You can put together a cinder block house for about $10,000 [1] and pay as you go over months or years requiring no loan or interaction with a bank. You can carry cinder blocks by hand or truck up the side of a mountain and it doesn't require much skill to put together.
[1] https://www.curbed.com/2015/1/2/10006114/mexico-affordable-housing-box-house-s-ar https://www.curbed.com/2015/1/2/10006114/mexico-affordable-h...
- technofiend 9y agoAnd that is including the massive cement markups found in Mexico thanks to PEMEX. Imagine if Mexicans could purchase cement at the prices their neighbors to the North do. See https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1019426769244153760 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1019426769244153760 for a dated explanation.