The article is of course about the US situation, where the small scale and one-off nature of passive houses may be increasing costs.

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    1 month ago

    The problem is that idle time is something the rich have aplenty, but the poor don’t.

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      Indeed, but a lot of earthship building is just rough manual labor useing cheap or free materials. It doesn’t take specialized tools, although they will save you time.

      Effort is something the poor have to supply much more of than the rich to reach a steady state, but with the above design its possible instead of out of reach.