Problems
to Solutions
Part
3
Sometimes when I go off on these rants or
about the environment and other forms of society or a society I think I would
be envious of or have a desire to possibly live in a situation like I describe,
I tend to lose readers. If I tell everyone I screwed up or said the wrong thing
and apologize on my blog I am amazed at all the visitors who suddenly come out
of the woodwork to view my train wreck. Doesn’t make any sense.
What does make sense is telling and
writing down my ideas even if no one ever reads them. At least they will be
there to share with the world in the event they ever show any merit or could
possibly make someone else’s life easier or in the worst case offer the world a
possible solution someone else can take credit for. I could give a shit one way
or the other because it will probably never be of use to me in my lifetime. Seeds
are needed to plant for things to live and that is what I am doing seeding ideas
to become a reality hopefully someday for someone or for all to enjoy.
I wish I had the money to begin
construction of the first couple of units as I would move in the first one and
then offer the second up to sell. Just to get things rolling. If I was building
for myself I might go a little on the modest side but would hope to eventually finish
the inside and landscape as I wanted eventually. And of course instead of a drive
would insist on a tunnel instead to a public parking area from my front door step.
I would in our area select old strip mine
land to use as the sites for my first underground houses. Typically old strip mine
scars around the edges of the hill in Ohio would lend themselves to underground
house construction as the house being pre-fabricated in a plant would be
trucked to the site on a carrier and assembled in the open. This would require
a sizable cut or excavation which is in some cases is already done in old strip
mine lands. Also typically this land is cheap and plentiful. Also when the
construction and all the fill is placed around the house and tunnel area it
would in effect work towards reclaiming the land where previous coal and mining
operations had scarred the earth. Topsoil and landscaping materials would come in
and transform these old strip mines into a modern subdivision and this would eventually
become part of the city.
Also another advantage of using the old
strip mines beside the reclamation of unusable land is the fact that if the land was not stripped; it still would be
unsuitable for a level field as it is usually hill side where these properties
are located. This is important in terms of reducing water runoff. That you have
proper drainage on these slopes to slow the rainfall and reduce erosion as well
as provide a source of water for irrigation.
The house would be constructed in the bottom
of a pit and then by means of an excavator or dozer buried till the top 20
percent of the house sticks out of the ground. The soil would be placed in
lifts and compacted as the fill area grows till one would reach final grade
then landscaping mounds and water ponds would be built to recycle on site
water. Mindful all the time that your house is directly below you buried for
the most part. I would bring in top soil as that is what I do best. I have
organics I would blend with natural topsoil and sand till I get this
manufactured topsoil that is far superior to anything that was there before.
I would work on the last house furthest away
on the street I intended to develop and then work my way back to the other end.
As you finish one section start another. The reason for this is due to
logistics as if you are moving pre-fabricated concrete housing sections down a
street you need no obstructions to work around so in your best interest to
start furthest away and work back to your point of origin.
Around the base of these houses I would
specify that there exists a bed of stone and drainage pipes looped with
cleanouts to a drainage system direct to day light or by means of a sump to
assure the dryness of the foundation. Also all buried portions of the house be
wrapped in a drainage shield and then sealed in with roof coating to assure the
prevention of water entering into the living quarters.
Once the concrete shell of the house is buried
and attached to the tunnel then installation of interior plumbing systems could
commence as well as installing solar panels and connecting to the power supply.
Run wires and plumbing then finish the interior with different floor and wall
applications.
The sewer or waste system would have a
different type of toilet designed to use less water. This system would push the
slurry under pressure to the processing facility for methane extraction. Other
wastes would include shredded paper and garbage which would be liquefied and
pumped through the ram pump through a back flow valve into the tunnel underground
to the processing facility. It is important to consider only products that are
environmentally safe into the housing development to assure compliance with
sewer needs.
You will have to excuse me as I have no
typewritten notes and although I edit I tire easily when writing as my work or especially
this subject at times can make me yawn also. And it may be the fact it is
almost midnight and I may be getting tired. Preferring the latter explanation
over the prior, it is in most cases I am doing this ad-lib though trying to be
consistent and heading to a point. But
this one still seems a distance away so will have to end her for the day and
pick up again tomorrow.
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