http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/prepare-to-go-underground/ How human ingenuity is changing the way we live Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/prepare-to-go-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Bill Wilson Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:47:56 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=2887#comment-943 If building underground was such a hot idea then mankind would've done more since ancient times. If building underground was such a hot idea then mankind would’ve done more since ancient times.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/prepare-to-go-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-933 PixFixTony Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:42:32 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=2887#comment-933 Back in the early 1990's I was looking into this idea of underground housing & berm'd homes. I met a man named John N. Hait. He was the author of " Passive annual heat storage: Improving the design of earth shelters, or, How to store summer's sunshine to keep your wigwam warm all winter [Paperback] John N Hait " He was truly a remarkable man with actual homes built using his concepts in Montana.Just Google term: "Passive annual heat storage" or Use this link to find the book @ Amazon " http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0915207001/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all " Back in the early 1990′s I was looking into this idea of underground housing & berm’d homes. I met a man named John N. Hait. He was the author of ” Passive annual heat storage: Improving the design of earth shelters, or, How to store summer’s sunshine to keep your wigwam warm all winter [Paperback]
John N Hait ” He was truly a remarkable man with actual homes built using his concepts in Montana.Just Google term: “Passive annual heat storage” or Use this link to find the book @ Amazon ” http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0915207001/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all “

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/06/prepare-to-go-underground/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Jan Rodgers Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:06:53 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=2887#comment-932 Not ideas suitable to claustrophobes! Not ideas suitable to claustrophobes!

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