On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:16:08 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Huge wrote:
On 2008-02-21, MM wrote:

How much warmer would a house be in winter if it was surrounded by
walls of straw bales pushed close to the house walls?

Once it is cheaper to superinsulate than buy oil, it will be done. That's the
wonder of markets.

The problem with the straw bales is that tehy have windows in them. And
venitilation.

Ventilation is easy to provide. And why do you need windows? Keep one
window free, if you must!

MM