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As California burns, many fear the future of extreme fire has arrived
- LinuxBender 8y agoI have always said, if something burns, it was engineered to do so. I do not believe fire is the problem. I believe houses being above ground and made of wood is the problem. Arson and human error are likely related to these waves of fires. Those things are not going away. I believe we need to engineer the problem away. Before you reply, consider that underground homes have the benefit of being a constant temperature all year around. This makes it much easier to have a carbon neutral home. My next home will be completely underground. I've seen some beautiful and luxurious homes that are underground and even have some natural sunlight. Engineered correctly, you can sleep comfortably through a tornado, flood, hurricane, fire storm, fire tornadoes, zombie apocalypse, etc..
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Before you reply, consider that underground homes have the benefit of Enhanced opportunities for radon accumulation and also for becoming sealed tombs in the event of earthquakes? > being a constant temperature all year around. Sure, the ground is fairly constant temperature if you are 20+ feet down so you avoid the variability from surface heating. Which is a good case for geothermal heat pumps for temperature regulation, maybe not so good a reason for building residences underground.
- LinuxBender 8y agoRadon gas leeches into homes with and without basements. Radon is heavy, so you can easily evac the gases with a proper air filtration and circulation system. Managing heat in underground homes is a known and solved problem. Managing heat and cold above ground is the real problem, that people have accepted as normal.