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3D printed houses built to withstand FIRES, floods, and extreme winds – Future Blink
November 3, 2021 /
Designed by construction tech company ICON, these 3D printed homes are built to withstand natural disasters. The company uses a special cement-based mixture called Lavacrete, which helps defend against fires, floods and extreme winds.
By Emmett Smith
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Science-based management, fire-resistant homes can offset wildfires – Concrete Log Homes
The Forest Service has continued to put out 98% of the wildfires that start, instead of letting a few burn to clear out debris.
“Our recent wildfires are telling us an awful lot about what works and what doesn’t,” said Fire Lab scientist Mark Finney. “They’re telling us the current practices, whatever we’re doing, are not protecting our wildlands, our watersheds, our timber, our habitat, our recreational values.”
How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today – Damn Bear! – We can’t log our way out of global warming
This is the wildfire paradox: the more we prevent fires in the short term, the worse wildfires become when they return.
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