I hope I'm not speaking out of turn but we, generally speaking are lacking in important skills in the whole socialization department. IllinDave's response pretty much sums up the INTx crowd.
Yeah. This was tough. Then I realized I don't have to solve this problem. I only need other, smarter people to solve it. This is the beauty of the internet, that smarter people are out there, and they will solve this on their own, if I can get them to start thinking about it, and provide a platform for experimentation.
That's why I have to demonstrate, rather than describe.
I don't have to make anything perfect, I need to create something to gather enough interest that others will follow, and show me up.
What humans do, we do competitively. Where humans compete, we improve. It's not just that this is a difficult problem, I believe. It's too big a problem for any brain to work out a significant fraction of the solution. So I need to start people competing on this line of thought, and the best way to do this is to show that it is profitable.
Then, it gets cheaper and easier. Thanks, markets!
I believe I have worked out:
Home deterioration, no cleaning gutters, painting, residing, blah blah. I don't know how long the roof will last, but I'm hoping for a century. Exterior home maintenance, including washing windows and annual system maintenance should be less than 2 days a year.
Food production, with room to spare for CC. No, I don't think a standard garden cuts it, at all. I want to grow oranges at the 49th parallel. They suck at grocery stores. I want fresh veggies all winter. Existing greenhouse tech will handle this.
Electricity, for decades after the grid goes down, and ongoing on a more limited basis. This is merely a capital problem.
Waste disposal, a better septic system to completely close the sewage loop. Full processing on site. This will last as long as the pipes do. I haven't tried to push this past the health department, yet.
Earthquake. I am going to build it close to a fault, so we could get a good test relatively soon.
Wildfire, this is just capital and existing tech. Smoke filtration is still a challenge. Interior fires are a challenge, because it is hard to plan for what occupants will bring into a house. But I am hoping for a 90% structure survival rate for interior fires. Yes, a remodel will still be in order after a fire. I have options in mind if someone wants to put extra capital into interior fire prevention.
Wind and rain. I expect it to stand up to minor hurricanes and tornado forces (in closed up mode), but when wind picks up trees, that's hard to plan for. I still think I could do it, but it's not in the budget for the prototype.
At this point, I worry about little details like how long until oxidation causes compromise, and how to monitor that.
And because I am an INTJ, I have been trying to find failure points for the design for years. I'm currently in the 5th design.
The proof of concept of the new model is will be a shop I build. I want it to be unheated, yet not freeze here up near the 49th parallel. I will use a Web energy logger to measure the right amount of Geo HP to use when I build the prototype. Should be done around 2021-22.
The current plan is to Kickstarter the prototype for the publicity. Then gather up potential customers and partners from there. 2024-6
With enough money and brains, the market will solve the expense issue. I look forward to my prototype looking as simple and backwards as the earliest cars do today.
Then I will use those profits to open the platform for people to experiment with community design, as I have no talent there. But I think I have worked out how to work the experimentation.
I am personally just working out the easy technical details. I will leave the hard parts to smarter people.