[Strawbale] Hot water storage concept - insulation

[Shody Ryon]

--- Joaquin Brintrup <jbrintrup at yahoo.com> wrote:

> David, 
> 
> If you can keep food for years inside a "tetra box"
> without rotting, why shouldn't be possible to use
> the
> same material to keep straw bales dry too? I will
> say
> it again, I have never tried it, but the principle
> is
> reasonable. 
> All the experiments I know of using straw bales
> underground did not managed to keep the bales dry,
> that is why they failed. 
> I have to admit that I'm not so sure how usefull it
> would be, considering the extra cost for the
> wraping/envelope, but it should work.
> Now for Corwyn's specific problem, and considering
> the
>  "green factor", I think that pumice is a better
> soulution.
> 
> Joaquin 
> 
> PS:Please don't mind my English
> 
Hi Joaquin,
About your English sounds a little American, otherwise
it seems fine to me. Are you writing from the US? How
many languages do you know?

Underground straw may not be reasonable, depending on
how reasonable is defined. Being successful at
something that others have failed at may not happen on
the first try. Thomas Edison credited with inventing
the light bulb, however he may have financed the
invention because he is also credited with applying
the principles of mass production to the process of
invention, perhaps because of the time and effort
involved in making working prototypes.  The long
lasting light bulb took several tries, which may not
be so pleasant when applied to the building process.
That said, I hope someone does find a way to make
straw useful as an underground insulation, and I hope
that when applicable, the ground itself is used as a
thermal storage media.


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