House Design :6/14/07

This information is now outdated and more effective technologies have been found in more recent posts.

• By keeping only human created good in your life- The design for that lifestyle is as follows:
• The Premice: All functions of this life style including all supplies(materials, energy, work)should...
• 1.Be done with 0.00 work, so that they make themselves and you don't have to work
• 2.They should be solid state devices, or cannot possibly ever break(low maintenance)
• 3.And the devices should be easilly constructed from common materials, without having to buy them from a factory (wherever possible, at least)
• 4.But if do buy from a factory, it should be inexpensive------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
• Cooking-(requires power)/Dishes/Fridge(requires power)- 1 option is to have a Microwave/Convection/Bake oven, all in one unit, to consolidate all functions of cooking(the drawbacks are: cooking many different items at once)and have an infra red cooktop for easy to clean stove-----The 2nd option, is for the least maintenance possible,and is to have an outdoor infra red barbecue, that is powered by solar cells,(or newer power system) and for cold days you'd have an outdoor heater beside the barbecue,----- And for pots and pans, if you didn't even clean them except rinse them off, and then you heated them on the barbecue, they would be disinfected thru "pasturization" and there would be effectively no need for cleaning of the pots / pans, except for rinsing the bulk of the dirt off-----And for dishes you would have paper plates, and paper cups, and metal utencils, and clean the utensils w/ soap, and with clean/ filtered / boiled water. This way you buy the paper plates, and cups instead of buying, water/ energy/soap, for a dishwasher. And to get rid of the plates and cups, either burn them, or put them in a compost pile, that could use the extra carbon content-----And for keeping leftovers, or crop overrun, and cold drinks, and ice, you may want a fridge, that is run off of solar power. But in some cultures, in warm climates, they just always pick fresh produce from their property, and eat meat from a barbecue party of some sort, every sunday, with no leftovers.
• Water heater(requires power)/Clothes Washer/Dryer- For hot water use an "instant tankless water heater". Where using the hot water is then the lowest energy use possible by the water heater only heating the water on-demand. And for more hot water flow at a time just connect 2 instant water heaters in series, this also saves on the space taken up from the conventional storage tank water heaters; The cost of an instant tankless water heater is $180-$400 now, electric powered is best(for least up keep/danger)-----For washer and dryer you may choose a washer dryer combo unit that saves on space and energy and water. But there is an inventive solution that may get rid of the Washer/Dryer all together- If you made a shirt out of a material that was stretchy, or strong, and never ripped(maybe kevlar), and it also didn't absorb dirt, but was still a breathable fabric- Then you could put the shirt over a shirt shaped panel, or mesh, and clean it with an Alcohol/ Perfume mix and wipe off the dirt with a brush or another cloth . ----- The alcohol acts as a disinfect, and as a mild solvent, loosening the dirt. And the perfume is to get rid of any odor. And the brush is to loosen and take off the dirt. But supposedly with this system you wouldn't require the massive amounts of water and your cleaning would be done in 10 minutes instead of 2 hours, and it would dry instantly requiring no "high electricity using" dryer. And also there would be space saving, and the soap buying costs would be replaced with alcohol/ scent buying cost.----- The one drawback other than slight work is of washing blankets, or other thick clothe, used for insulating properties usually. So you may want a washer around just in case of emergency anyway, or go to the cleaners, wich is what you do with expensive quilts anyway.
• Supplies(have to pay)- for sure will need laundry soap or alcohol/ dish soap, bar soap, shampoo, chemicals(vinegar, alcohol,etc., all nontoxic though) toothpaste, deodorant, clothes, haircut, and paper plates/bowls/cups- I always find that with all of these supplies the cheaper it is, the better the quality of the product all around, or the better bang for your buck( for the reason that they're all only simple/ common/ known chemical formulas that you can't improove on)----- Now for the other supplies of daily life I will explain why they may not be needed------Light bulbs- May not need if my light collection device works otherwise use flouresent and only replace once in 2 or more years -10$/year.-----Entertainment- You may be able to buy a dvd or a comic or a game used and then sell it right after done using it on ebay, or trade with friends. Otherwise, seeing movies in theatres is an expence that, if you like doing that, is -10$+/mo-----Foil/Wrap- May use hardly any if you use sturdy tupperware-5$/year-----TP- if you had a washing toilet with a washlet then you could make your own toilet paper if you made your own water, and used that instead- Warm water line would be supplied by the tankless waterheater/ and a cold water line also would be connected, both under a certain pressure each- cost of one of these seats is 180$ and up but lasts forever and self cleaning parts(but you want household cleaners just in case)-cost= maybe 0.00 if self sufficient system-----Trash Bags- You don't need them if you don't produce solid waste( or for the little that you do produce use grocery bags as trash bags)cost=0.00-----Paper Towels -You don't need to buy if you use rags(lots of them for different purposes and rotation of use)- Otherwise use paper towels if they're cheap, or you can afford it, because they're biodegradable or burnable and are less work to use- Cost maybe at 3 rolls in 2/3 of a year is about 4$/year-----Stationary- Instead may use pda with flash card storage or computer with cd storage(always have back-up disks or files)----- Laundry sheets and Soap- May not be needed if you use the inventive idea mentioned above- cost= maybe 0.00-----DVD+R(W)-You may want these, if you're not a minimalist-cost= 20$/year(always buy the good brand or will get corrupted dvd's- go to radioshack)-----Boxes- Just buy them when you move 20$/year(get rid of all the stuff that you haven't used in a year, and is in storage-sell stuff on ebay instead of a garage sale)-----In all, my estimate for my supply budget is about 10$/mo +/- 5$/mo .
• Phone(have to pay)- Get a cell phone that never breaks and gets power from radio waves or just charge at night if not self charging in some way like having a solar cell charged battery that you hook up to at night. But either way you need to pay a phone bill from it being a monopoly, so 20$-40$/mo .
• Calendar/Datebook/Phone#'s/Address book- May use pda with flash memory and have a backup card for Important paper work- Then keep in a lockbox and hidden(beauracracy is a human made problem, so far, and if you have ID theft then it's not even a sure thing) .
• Tools/ Supplies/ Experiments- As humans we always need to alter our environment so it's important to have all the tools needed and supplies needed. So have consolidated into one box unless they're big tools .
• Car(requires power)- in the perfect world we should all be flying: easy to use ultralite helicopters; for the reasons of not needing to maintain and expand roads with taxes, using up valuable land and also wasting time in traffic, and also you would have access to anywhere no matter how remote. Supposedly if my electron device works it will make this and all other things possible----- Well other than that the best car out there is the "Tesla Roadster" wich performs just as good as a high end sports car without a single one of the drawbacks and if you want to travel long distance it will go 250 miles on one charge, wich, I travel, and know that 200 miles is driving from when you wake up to when you make a hotel reservation. So then charge it at night for 4 hrs like a cell phone and leave the next day .
• Lawn mower- the best design I think is an electric/ lithium-ion battery mower that I guess can last for as long as a maybe .2 acre yard. Other options are for less work are, a ride on lawnmower. Or don't have a grass yard, like people in desert areas(less watering and mowing).
• Lighting(may need power)-My light capture device LATER ADDED: The light capture device isn't feasible, instead you may just amplify a light source with a good length of "erbium" doped fiber optic cables: Which is easily tested(20$ for fiber optics and an LED for 3$) But cost effectiveness and the particular wavelength of light may not make it a salable invention, or solar power system, with flouresent bulbs.
• Heating(may need power)/Cooling- In a cave it's a constant 45 degrees all year round so I propose having the same insulation for a house, by making the house out of old fashioned "Adobe"bricks and Stucko(stucko is to weather proof). And have half of the house be underground, and then may only need warm clothes when it's cold, and a "heated top"(see below) chimney could circulate air thru the house on a hot day----- And if that doesn't work then have an electric space heater when it's cold, and have a chimney air circulator when it's hot, instead of a fan, and then just go to the underground portion of the house when it's hot also.
• Cleaning- Dusting-Waft dust in the air with a duster and let the chimney (heated top is the low pressure, and an open window is the high pressure creating draft) suck the dusty air out of the house----- Sweeping/Vacuuming - always have wood floors and wear socks- because carpets are a human made problem that only creates dust and has to be replaced and serves no actual realistic purpose- And have a swivel sweeper wich uses battery power, and if it actually has suction power, then it is the best designed vacuum cleaner ever created(as long as it is also fixable, or doesn't even need maintanence)----- Disinfection/Deep Cleaning-Use the cheap household chemicals described in "Haileys Hints"-water softener/cream of tarter/ amonia/ white vinegar/ hydrogen peroxide/(white)toothpaste/hair spray/ bar of soap/ rubbing alcohol/ always cold water-But you mostly only need these if you still always need to clean, wich would be if you had the old fashioned type cooktops, or dishes, or old type toilets, wich may be possible to eliminate. But shower and sink you still have to have, and clean .
• Food/ Fruit/ Veggie/Herb/ Meat-Meat you can trap, or hunt, or fish for, if you don't have to live in the city-----Fruit/ Veggie/ Herb-Would be grown at home, and traded with neighbors, then stored in freezer----- Dairy/ Wine/ Chocolate'and other rare items that are also bad for you, are all put together in various ways, to make all of your different food needs .
• Water(requires power)-Fresh water may be from a water producing plant like vines (grapes) or fruit juice. And to water plants in a drought, you would just have a storm water collection pond of semiclean water, and then water the plants with that, using an electric pump, or down hill flow, to the plants through an automatic sprinkler system(wich is pretty straight forward to set up). Clean water can also be made with a polyethelene terephthalate bottle put in the sun for 6 hours until it reaches a temperature of, I think, 160 degrees, for 30 minutes at least, but if you get it wrong it could be dangerous, so look it up on the internet. But the most straight forward way to make clean drinking water, is to boil rain water on a stove of some kind, and then filter it through a "Britta" water filter(wich has a charcoal filter)for better taste----- Otherwise, for all other water needs, either use a slow sand filter, or a normal pool filter, and then maybe add clourine pool tablets also(if slow sand filter didn't dissinfect it), and you can use that water for the majority of household needs (shower- and toilet). And for sink water, or for totaly disinfected water, you should boil water and then keep it in a clean (plastic) tank, of some kind.
• (to be continued...)