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I happen to have reached a similar conclusion through a totally different path (by watching many American home building YouTube channels and comparing them with
by otikik 3y ago
I happen to have reached a similar conclusion through a totally different path (by watching many American home building YouTube channels and comparing them with how we build in Europe). If you ever put your thoughts out there, I would like to read them/watch them.
- AdrianB1 3y agoI have considered the idea, but I don't see the practical value. USA will not change a bit, most of the good things from Europe cannot be reapplied (incompatible standards and equipment) and, to be very honest, there is no single European standard to follow; Germany has probably the best, but I saw some good stuff in UK that is quite incompatible (RCBO in TT), I dislike Italian sockets and I am not a fan of UK plugs (fuse in plugs? really?) and ring circuits (saving copper was real in 1950, but we are 70 years later). So it would just sound as bashing USA without providing any solutions. It would be even illegal to adopt most European technologies in a house in USA.
- otikik 3y agoWell maybe it will not make the US better, but it could perhaps help Europe not become worse (some people will think “if it’s American it must be better”). But thank you for sharing this anyway.