Portable, Environmentally-Friendly Housing
Have you ever opened up a file that you needed read, just knowing that you were going to find it asinine, and then learn to your shock that it’s actually pretty cool? That’s what just happened to me.
Check this out: a small, portable living space that utilizes solar PV, wind energy and rain to provide utilities. Now, you may ask, “How, exactly, do you propose to get the pod to the edge of that mountain?” I don’t have an answer to that, but I would say that it would be a gas to have at the beach.
The article provides part of the answer. At 3000# it can be towed with a class II hitch and a mid-sized vehicle: http://hitches4less.com/trailer-hitch-classes.html Or you might use a helicopter that burns about 14 GPH. Or perhaps even one of these to a more remote area: https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/aircraft/airlander-10
But after we enjoy the “new toy” phase it might be time to consider just what goes into one of these things. The transportation of parts, the energy consumed by the factory, the plastics and synthetic fibers and that battery which in addition to having an energy capacity also has a limited life.
And then I wonder if this cute little eco-chamber is anything more than environmental candy for those who want something so badly that they might undergo a willing suspension of disbelief. The company only claims that it is energy independent not energy neutral.
As cool as it might be, would we have to calculate how many additional coal plants, oil wells and foreign wars would be required to make them?