Kind of cool to say you live in a 747......
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/mornings/arch...t-scraps-061410
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/mornings/arch...t-scraps-061410
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That depends on how he got his money. I think it's a great story of an architect building a unique and interesting house.
I don't think this will be cost effective, when you factor in closing the freeway at night to transport, registering with FAA, and clearing 17 government agency, they would waste less resource recycling the aluminum and use better insulating material to build the mansion instead.
To each of his own.
To each of his own.
I don't see how it's green to close roads and transport a 747 via helicopter and crane to build a home.
He got a good discount, $35K for the materials. That's a lot less than a new 747.
But green? I'm not sure that will hold water. Green would be to buy an existing home. Very little energy needed to use a home that's already built.
He got a good discount, $35K for the materials. That's a lot less than a new 747.
But green? I'm not sure that will hold water. Green would be to buy an existing home. Very little energy needed to use a home that's already built.
It would have been more green to buy ten old school busses, drive them there under their own power, and rivet them all together in a big circle fortress.
Every infomercial exercise product is made of "aircraft quality aluminum". What is that exactly? The soda cans on board made the cut.
Every infomercial exercise product is made of "aircraft quality aluminum". What is that exactly? The soda cans on board made the cut.
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I don't think this will be cost effective, when you factor in closing the freeway at night to transport, registering with FAA, and clearing 17 government agency, they would waste less resource recycling the aluminum and use better insulating material to build the mansion instead.
To each of his own.
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I don't think this will be cost effective, when you factor in closing the freeway at night to transport, registering with FAA, and clearing 17 government agency, they would waste less resource recycling the aluminum and use better insulating material to build the mansion instead.
To each of his own.
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Hey, it's a free country (sort of...). That said, I do wonder whether or not a more efficient use for all that used "aircraft grade" aluminum might have been found.
It seems sometimes that making something from something that will be discarded is supposed to be Green.
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
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It seems sometimes that making something from something that will be discarded is supposed to be Green.
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
The problem is, the process of making something out of the disposed is far higher than using something else, and that's not really green.
It seems sometimes that making something from something that will be discarded is supposed to be Green.
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
The problem is, the process of making something out of the disposed is far higher than using something else, and that's not really green.
Funny, but not "green".
Looks like he had cut down an awful lot of green trees for this "green" project of his. Typical greenie....
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: oilboy123
It seems sometimes that making something from something that will be discarded is supposed to be Green.
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
The problem is, the process of making something out of the disposed is far higher than using something else, and that's not really green.
Warm and fuzzies.
Originally Posted By: oilboy123
It seems sometimes that making something from something that will be discarded is supposed to be Green.
But like you guys mentioned that is debatable?
The problem is, the process of making something out of the disposed is far higher than using something else, and that's not really green.
Warm and fuzzies.
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This aircraft isn't "discarded". It has value as aluminum metal. The article mentioned using $35,000 worth of aluminum. My rough calculations show this is about 58 tons of aluminum. Does that sound right?
It's debatable whether this material is better used for a home than to recycle it into secondary aluminum products. Money tells the story that in this case it perhaps favors use as a home. Green has nothing to do with this.
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"We have a finite, an extremely finite amount of resources on the planet. It is not vast and endless. I believe everyone does have an impact," said Rehwald, who hopes to move in three months from now.
So, the owner decided to use new land, part of our finite resources on this planet. Not just any land, but on a mountain top in Malibu! Had the owner built it on a site cleared of an old dilapidated home, I'd give the owner credit. But intead, as Tempest mentioned, he used up pristine raw land for development. Not very green.
It's debatable whether this material is better used for a home than to recycle it into secondary aluminum products. Money tells the story that in this case it perhaps favors use as a home. Green has nothing to do with this.
Originally Posted By: article
"We have a finite, an extremely finite amount of resources on the planet. It is not vast and endless. I believe everyone does have an impact," said Rehwald, who hopes to move in three months from now.
So, the owner decided to use new land, part of our finite resources on this planet. Not just any land, but on a mountain top in Malibu! Had the owner built it on a site cleared of an old dilapidated home, I'd give the owner credit. But intead, as Tempest mentioned, he used up pristine raw land for development. Not very green.
It is a publicity stun. If he could afford Malibu, cost is not an issue and having a 747 is a bragging right for people like these. Not even greenie.
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