Solar Decathlon!

[errantember]

Evidence of actual alternative energy focus from the Bush Administration's Department of Energy!

http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar_decathlon/about.html

Very, very cool. As some of you may know, I intend to begin building my own cob house starting when I return from Burning Man in 2007. In the intervening year, I'm going to get plugged into the natural and passive-solar building communities to get the knowledge I need to do it right.

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..cob structures in Yemen that have stood and been used for 900 years, but they do require some maintenence.