• zephyreks@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    It’s less a matter of technical capability and more one of cost. It’s not like people didn’t know how to build good, efficient homes before. It was just expensive.

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      1 year ago

      We have absolutely made strides in material technologies for construction over the last 50 years. Take asbestos for example.

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        1 year ago

        Asbestos has some pretty insane properties, though. Just a shame it causes cancer when disturbed and inhaled.

        As a building material? What’s even better than asbestos in terms of the trifecta of sound/heat isolation, bulk, melting point, and structural soundness? Aerogel?