User:Daniel Brastaviceanu
I'm like a sponge, I like to absorb, conglomerate and squeeze out knowledge. I also like to keep facebook clean of trolls and $hills :) (my little fetish side) On my spare time I work full time as a 3D printing specialist in a big big toy company (Mattel / Mega Brands), my 3 kids are proud :) So I've been in "prototyping" for at least 9 years and I really like to put ideas together and come up with better solutions. But I have a problem: I'm empathic, I can't just stand there minding my business when I know what's coming and how bad we (as a collective) have been duped, I need to help in any way I can. So here I am, with my loggage :)
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I often talk about the Grand Solar Minimum but also about the geoMagnetic Reversal, as I believe the latter will reach its peak in 3-4 decades and the magnetosphere will fade to about 75-80% weaker than normal. I sure do wish for the best but I want to be prepared for the worst, so here's what my plan is, it might inspire you:
- We're buying a place on the Canadian Shield (stronger Magnetic Field), away from the Logan Fault Line. Ideally, on the shadow side of a small mountain. The house there is old and needs to be demolished. We're planning a semi-underground house made of (5x40'; 1x24') shipping containers. Or call it a self-sufficient container earthship, with an interior aquaponic greenhouse, annexed greenhouse and barn, and a rooftop summer garden.
Location: we want to be on the shadow side of the mountain because in the peak of the geoMagnetic Reversal the magnetosphere will be very weak and solar radiation very intense in daytime. This might burn the leafs on vegetation and forest, that will eventually die and dry out and ultimately burn down, leaving the ground at the mercy of precipitations to erode with landslides, etc. On the shadow side, the forest has better chances of surviving, and wild life will find refuge there ;). Also, we want to be half-way up the mountain because the valley will most likely be flooded, near a stream.
Construction: Shipping Containers are a good structural material, comparing to wood or steel structure that take months to build, by many workers,, containers can cost as low as 1000$ each and are easy to cut according to plans, and to add steel structure where needed. A small team can get it done in 2 weeks, then have them delivered by truck. A crane rented for 1 day can help place the containers. So first we need to dynamite the place with a slope for underground water management, then place ancorage rods in the rock, level with ~3' of gravel, build a reinforced concrete slab, and place the containers. Then we weld the containers into place, install the piping for tapping into the stream (water in/out), ventilation (in/out), etc,, spray the whole exterior with rubber, then with 4 isolating foam, then with tar, then build formwork around the house (except front side) and poor reinforced concrete. Then paint the concrete with tar and maybe cover with rubber, then surround with 4' wide gravel (and dirt around the gravel) all the way to the top. Then prepare the top of the house with 1' reinforced concrete with a slope, rubber, styrofoam, more rubber and tar, then 1' of gravel, a fabric and 5-6' of dirt for the summer garden. All the front side of the house is a 40' long indoor greenhouse, with sturdy structure, 1/2' lexan on the outside and glass on the inside.
Water: an underground stream passes near the house, so we allow it to enter the house in one corner, generate a little bit of power, then pump some for the house use, and let the rest flow through the fish pond, then through the garden, then outside through an underground pipe. Gray and black water will go to the septic tank and down the leaching field (in the forest) but we'll be using natural soaps and households. We still need an alternative to a septic tank (that needs to be emptied). We'll use microwave on demand water heaters to save alot on power use.
Ventilation: Air entering the house comes in from a tall chemny (tall enough not to be covered by snow) 20m away from the house, and through underground piping, so if it enters at -40*C, by the time it gets to the house it's at -5*C. It'll be heated with electric power as long as it's available, but we'll have a gas heater ready for action, we'll be producing gas with compost. The So as the warmer air reaches the ceiling, small fans push it through piping back down under the floors before throwing it outside. We'll use as much passive and gas/wood heating as possible, electric heating consumes too much power.
Interior greenhouse will provide fish, moringa, some veggies, herbs, etc, and chilling space. This greenhouse is an intermediate space between the exterior and the house, it needs good humidity management.
