Originally published October 12 2003
Earthship houses provide affordable living
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
One of the reasons so many people can't afford homes in the U.S. is simply because our definition of a home is rather narrow: a box-like structure with wood frame walls, a slanted roof, a driveway and perhaps a second floor. But if you're willing to expand your definition of a "home," then all sorts of affordable structures become available for comfortable living.
The Earthship is just one of them. It looks like the kind of place where a Hobbit might live, and yet it provides all the basics of comfort and can be built at 1/10th the upfront cost and 1/10th the ongoing maintenance cost of a traditional rectangular house.
So what's stopping its adoption in the U.S. and elsewhere? Aesthethics, most likely. It just looks funny. And people want to look good in their boxy homes, even if it means they can't afford one.
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