True, though if you have the money to spend on expensive superfluities, building something novel and cool is arguably a better use of it than just spending it on luxury goods.
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Mr Everingham said being able to position the house to capture or avoid the sun or breeze saved an estimated 50 per cent in energy costs.
They keep saying that, but logically it doesn’t make sense…
With energy efficient windows, you’re not getting much free heat/cooling even if you were constantly rotating for optimal position.
And with the $350k price tag, even with 50% savings you’d have to reach 350k paid just to break even.
This is a rich person’s waste of money and they’re back rationalizing why the waste of resources is worth it.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 days ago
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 days ago
building something novel and cool is arguably a better use of it than just spending it on luxury goods.
Actually the opposite.
Taking up contractors time on this stuff means less making affordable housing which makes housing less affordable for everyone else.
In general.its happening to our entire economies. Only the wealthiest can afford things, so man hours and resources go into a small amount of luxury products rather than what the masses need.
Raising the prices at all.price points.
ozeng@aus.social 4 days ago
@givesomefucks @zero_gravitas my BS meter is off the charts too.
Extra cost is $150k. If you save 20kWh per day of energy (which is A LOT) at the current market rate of around 35c/kWh it’ll take you 58 years to recoup the extra build cost.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Someone who actually did it recently:
The guy who’s 26 year old plans were used:
This is a case of an elderly person drastically underestimating inflation of housing construction…
It costs 350k