Earthships: Living Off The Grid

[@piratedash]

Dude. I'm ready to move into an EarthShip right now.

[@ryanm7263]

+Dominique Marlow They cost about as much to build as a regular home. If you can afford to build a regular home, an earthship is definitely attainable for you.

[@nicosmind3]

+Dominique Marlow You and me both. Im thinking about getting one built :). And apparently you can get tires for free as im finding out

[@ryanm7263]

nicosmind3 If you're willing to do the legwork, you can almost always find someone who has large numbers of otherwise unusable tires they'll happily unload to anyone who will pick them up.

[@ophello]

Are you also ready to move to the desert? Because that's how Earthships work best.

[@nicosmind3]

Ryan MacFarlane An uncle of mine built a house over years just by buying various things he needed as he saw them. It was his hobby and he loved it :)

[@epschwartzmusic]

WOO HOO! I stayed there last summer. The Earthship was fantastic.

[@wolfernater]

To the nay-sayers, it's hard to justify why we shouldn't build future houses using at least a few of these principles.

[@AutisticVegan]

Yah we need to embrase the enTire prosses here.

[@aaron___6014]

Lets implement some of these ideas in existing homes. While not entirely off the grid, a hybrid idea is better than nothing.

[@KillerRaptorr]

Even a apartment can go completely off grid. Anything can. The point of off-grid is to be from the grids restrictions of power/water/gas. 90% of needs from the grid are Power and water. Gas isn't really a need, but most people prefer it over just electric cause it's less power requirement. But you can go completely gasless. And you can go almost completely waterfree from the grid. All you need is to build a humidifier water catch system and rain catcher. Then the heat/pump/air/cooking etc are all electric powered. Which you just need solar/wind system (Or thermal if you can get one that you can drill into the ground.) or water system (if you live next to a river bed or such.). The foods are 2et hand, i mean we buy food from stores all the time. But if you wanna do farming and such. Yea you'll have to move out of a town or apartment place to do that. But normally the first step is unplugging from power from normal power ability and using your own. Like how many people go 'solar', but they are still grid-tied cause sellers only sell the grid-tied option instead of a 'hybrid' system that allows power still active (from a battery bank system) when power goes out. So start small. Power is first. Then gas, Then water. After that. You're living completely off-grid. And you'll only be left paying for the rent or the house payments + store money for food. But the biggest challenge isn't the simply just switching to off-grid. It's also learning the Needs. How much water your gonna use, how much power your gonna use per day,etc,etc. Those are the hardest parts, More then switching Power, Gas, Water.

[@AutisticVegan]

I see what you did there... its not enTIREly off the grid... cause they are made out of tires.

[@jonothandoeser]

Why do earthships never have wells? I mean, collecting rai water is nice. But as a backup what's wrong with also accessing the groundwater on your property?

[@fredrik83]

@@jonothandoeser I was thinking the same, a well even i got that. btw i saw some australians make their own gas in a small tent of some kind, feeding it with organic waste

[@richeyrich2203]

Its called the Passive Housing Standard

[@navry01]

The most condensed and yet comprehensible presentation for everybody

[@Laurynski]

I’m going to head there and work on helping build an Earthship. Then I’m going to get a blueprint to build my own Earthship. Totally living in one for the remainder of my life. This is the future!

[@StrawberryQwik]

I am SOOO in love with earthships.

[@WonderingAboutThat]

Have followed the development of these for years, love that you are highlighting them!

[@EcceJack]

I see lots and lots of people doubting large-scale feasibility of the Earthship concept. ...and I'm just sitting here thinking how this is a damn good proof of concept, and an awesome thing to help people reconsider the usage of things like building materials, renewable energy and rainwater on a house-to-house scale. You don't have to do things exactly the way they do, but it can give you (definitely gives me) lots of food for thought about, for instance, how elements of this *COULD* be scaled up to cities and similar. So thanks for sharing this with us, and thumbs up to Earthship Biotecture for doing this sort of thing!

[@chicksue7030]

EcceJack Agreed my friend, agreed

[@thekatkelevra]

This is what we need in Southern Cali seriously! This is awesome!

[@DukeGoat147]

All of these controversial topics is drawing a lot of good discussions and attention to this channel. I like it!

[@AutisticVegan]

Yah as long as people watch the enTire video

[@calhoun1968]

I've been following Mike since the days of Dial-up internet in the early 90's! Excellent advancement in that time!!!

[@kingarthur1980]

My wife and I visited the New Mexican village in 2011 and fell in love with Earthships. We stayed in a Global model and Mike's "Phoenix." It might seem hard to contemplate a world covered in Earthships, especially in cities, but I think it is a great starting point towards more sustainable living. A lot of the concepts could be applied and modified for more densely populated areas.

[@leifcatt]

+Adam Keeney I am jealous. There, I said it.

[@NorthernChev]

I LOVE the idea about flushing the toilet with shower (gray) water. Fantastic idea!

[@SidneyMarie123]

How can you hate on something so beautiful and evolutionary. When ppl think of the future they always get these ideas of beautiful house that are like this, but no one pays anymind be they think that its 100 years down the future. But this guy did it and proved it to be beautiful, practical, and eco friendly. im amazed like wtf. I know what I want to do when I get older now.

[@dubbadan1]

I wish I could build an earthship. It's such a great idea. The biggest hurdle for me is the physical work involved. My back is stuffed. Pounding dirt into hundreds of tyres is HARD WORK.

[@DwayneBSapling]

A definite step up from the Tipi I made and lived in for four and a half years.

[@oriyakatz9284]

I've heard about this a few years ago and was blown away. I'm going to take the course this year at the Earthship Academy. :D :D :D

[@martinsnape7995]

I have watched a lot of Video's on Earthships and this is the Best explained about the Principles of them.

[@audiostudent9917]

Excellent episode! This is a very rough prototype for some of the technologies we will all use in our homes in the not too distant future.Technology like the new Tesla Powerwall has the potential to turn every home into its own mini power station that is still connected to the grid but not dependent on it.Capturing rain water from your house roof for drinking is already very popular in countries like New Zealand and passive homes are becoming more and more popular in Europe.Using trash as building materials is a noble idea and even though it might not be practical for mass housing projects,it's still amazing to see what can be done with junk and rubbish! Bravo!

[@raybon7939]

The morning dew provides water for the week. If it's collected properly. Water can be used four times. And the depth of the dirt cools the air.

[@jlsoldwood]

I have dreamed of living in one of these since I first saw it when I was younger.. because, I saw the original PBS news cast on the first earthship back in 1980- something..

[@Ruacach]

I hadn't heard of these before so this was fascinating.... :)

[@ryanm7263]

+Derek MacRannal Check out the documentary _Garbage Warrior_.

[@magora12]

Beautiful...I hope this becomes the future sooner rather than later! The world needs this!

[@firstname405]

Well, be a part of the process then! :)

[@magora12]

Believe me, as soon as I can I will. Here in China it is not possible for me, I have to move back to my country to do this.

[@firstname405]

Goodo, as long as we keep moving forward.

[@jellevm]

"An earthship is like you walking out of a hospital." Yeah, when one part breaks you're fucked.

[@ryanm7263]

+Lazhward Kirmist There's no technology inside an earthship that is especially rare or difficult to repair or replace. You can get just about everything you need to build an earthship from a home & garden store, or the local garbage dump. Any qualified electrician or plumber can work on one.

[@TheHumbleBeez]

+Lazhward Kirmist You've never had your power go out, or a boil water alert from a water main break, or a broken air conditioner? The difference is that in that situation you're relying on a system that is proven to be inefficient and outdated, whereas if you walk out of the proverbial hospital, you're making use of recycled material for building, you make use of solar energy, passive cooling, in-house food production. Sure, it would be bad if something went wrong, like it always would be, but for the other 99% of the time, it doesn't sound so bad, especially considering that there are more things that can go wrong when you're still hooked up to the grid, and even more especially considering that when all is going right, you're saving electricity, water, carbon emissions, chemical treatments, etc etc etc.

[@xxnotmuchxx]

+Lazhward Kirmist Houses nowadays are made cheap and need repair. I think Earthships would require less maintenance if any.

[@KatShanks]

How beautiful and liberating! Someday, I will build one of these. I look forward to living more in tune with nature. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@zakareeradzak6821]

I would love to live in an Earthship, they are amazing and are great for the earth!

[@atlantanaomi]

Awesome!!

[@skyhawk551]

i'm working on building one myself, i bought a F-350 truck for supply hauling, gonna get a travel trailer to live less on grid. and then it's time to save up for land.

[@SimpleFull]

I love earthships! I'm working on designing a few. I'm hoping to build one someday.

[@archybowmaker8160]

I would love to see more videos on sustainability from you guys.

[@etherealviscera]

Awesome, yes I would live in one. I think I just found the avenue I want to take when I get some land and start building.

[@Nphen]

I think the argument of Earthships vs density and infrastructure isn't helpful. We can make apartment buildings out of sustainable products like Hempcrete. Even in urban single family neighborhoods, houses could be constructed in a similar fashion to these Earthships. With things like the Flint Water crisis in mind, homes that collect and filter rainwater may sound like a blessing to many urban residents. I could see rural America getting huge benefits from Earthships, especially places with cold winters. Recycling wastewater for plants and toilets is also a win to save money maintaining septic systems. I think there are a lot of lessons that cities and rural areas alike can learn from Earthship technology!

[@Limitlesshigh]

Nathan DuPhene they are at the end of each extreme. I think that argument has to exist so people can find some middle ground, like” if all that is possible on the opposite end then maybe I can implement some of this”. Just like you started thinking of a middle ground. I think they are trying to show people that there is more than one way and that infrastructure isn’t NEEDED, opening peoples minds to the idea. It’s illegal to catch rain water in some states now the power over people is getting ridiculous.

[@kuryamtl]

Earthship is not a catchall solution for everyone, but I can imagine that it would be useful for rural and suburban areas. And the notions of passive heating cooling, garbage for house construction, as well as water reclamation can all be applied to normal houses to make them really efficient.

[@dogmen1138]

The problem with everyone living off grid and in a rural area is that if you took the area of the Untied States, including the cold tundra of Alaska, and divided it evenly among the population of the United States each person would get around 7.7 acres of space for themselves to build a house, grow some food, maybe some cattle, some solar panels, etc... This doesn't even include the loss for areas that you really shouldn't try and live in. I'd knock that number down to around 4 acres when you include all the public spaces needed by a community or culture such as roads, schools, parks, etc.. If you had a family of four then your area would be around 16 acres. You build a house and all the off grid necessities, you add a large garden, a pond for fish, and area for chickens, maybe some goats, sheep, milk cows and such and that area starts to get a little cramped. Now remember that these numbers are for our current population. Imagine a 20% increase over the next 15 years and that area gets even smaller. There are some goods things that come out of centralizing infrastructure and communities. It enables some efficiency that you wouldn't normally get from every home being self sufficient through not only power but also food and water. Just imagine if every New Yorker gets the great idea to go off grid and have a self sufficient home and property. Imagine all those tall buildings being spread out down to single story structures. There are currently 8.4 million people in New York living on 195,000 acres. Calculate that with each one getting 4 acres and that area expands to 33,600,000 acres. That's 172 times the area for the same amount of people. Yes I know that New York gets their food from outside the city from around the world and I didn't calculate that space in but I'm betting that the current arrangement is more efficient considering the number of people. Just some food for thought.

[@moanalyssa6244]

I agree with Mr. Michael

[@gertboshoff1185]

While I don't believe that this is in itself the solution to save the world, it most certainly does illustrate how we can each remodel our individual lives with incredible creativity and ingenuity... THAT is the brilliancy of the earthship movement, AND other projects like it.

[@ay4u1]

This is really cool and a great use of tires which are one of the biggest sources of waste at the moment.

[@Winnetou64]

You guys are great. Hope you'll be able to keep doing such great videos for a long time!

[@kellyadams6789]

I see a lot of people asking about the feasibility of Earthships in cities, and here is what I think. One of the many reasons why of this type of alternative is sought after is because it allows some people to abandon largely populated cities altogether. One reason people buy land and build close to cities is that the cost to have infrastructure made available where it is not already in place is prohibitive. Let's say you want to build on a dead end street, but the power company does not have a pole close to your property? Power poles are spendy, and having city water made available is usually incredibly expensive! Earthships can literally be built ANYWHERE without having to worry about power and water so naturally, some people would be happy to live a little farther out of town! The point isn't to tear down your cities and build these instead, although I wouldn't complain, the point is to make it more feasible for people to not HAVE to live in a city if they don't want to. Imagine Earthship suburbs!!!

[@cravenlunatic1]

oh yeah, i'd live in one of those. they'd be perfect for where i live, in the near-desert of central CA

[@chicksue7030]

I've been saving back to purchase solar panels and wow does this video motivate me even more into wanting to live a clean, sustainable, recycling-of-resources, type of life. This looks like pure bliss to me.

[@chicksue7030]

Plus we all know that our Earth/home naturally provides us with every single need possible for human life. Especially for the type of people who don't feel a strong pull to have all the extra luxuries in life, this is beyond perfect. It's just brilliant, I can't praise this video and concept enough

[@likahmac]

great video guys,I didn't know off the grid homes were getting this good

[@rebekahlegionsundaygirljou5543]

I'd love to live in an Earth ship or in one of the underground Earth Homes with vegetation on the roof that taps into the Earth's natural temperature. The Earth ships are beautiful though. Off grid living is the way forward.

[@lamarethington]

I had a friend hire someone to teach him to build an earth ship. They gave him an estimated build cost of less than half of what it ended up costing. In addition, it is worth pointing out that these constructions are hundreds of times more labor intensive than other construction methods.

[@arunkanthan]

This is some really great stuff that you guys are producing that really are making me think about how I could try and influence some people to change the world. This is some really really awesome stuff.

[@TheGoodStuff]

+arun kanthan Thanks!

[@Manodragon]

this looks and sounds great

[@juststeveschannel]

While I doubt anything close to a majority will ever live "like this", I am excited by the prospect of having more and more of these ideas developed and implemented into mainstream architecture and lifestyles. There is a lot of what they're doing that could easily be implemented, if we can just get past the habits of doing construction just the way we've "always" done it.

[@HisCarlnessI]

Lol. Other people have already summarized how this wouldn't be practical on a large scale (and how the increased area required would cut into the environment even more). My problem is that I can't think of a design anything like that lasting any time in the area I live in (Washington), or getting nearly enough solar (even with battery banks and lots of panels).

[@TheGoodStuff]

+HisRoyalCarlness They design these earthships to function in pretty much any climate. We saw some in the desert but they have models in the jungle and in Siberia. The design has to be adjusted according to the climate (more thermal mass, more batteries or use wind turbines for cloudier, colder places) but it can function almost anywhere--even Washington :)

[@taan1424]

+The Good Stuff I am really curious about functionality of siberian one. Being from siberia myself it's hard for me to imagine how self-heating part of them works there in winter. It was -45 C just yesterday and current winter is considered relatively warm. Also, in winter the amount of sunlight is pretty low, especially in northern regions.

[@VintageLJ]

+Just Randomdude I'd reckon it would be harder, and other power sources would be required, but not impossible by any means. Also, they may be build in the south of the SFD.

[@RadChild13]

+HisRoyalCarlness Even if it didn't entirely remove you it would significantly reduce your homes impact. Which also means cheaper utility bills without freezing or baking.

[@HisCarlnessI]

+william stern To be fair, I do care more about air conditioning than heating.

[@robertbugaa2991]

Michael you are BIG!!!

[@Friek555]

This looks like something that works well on a small scale, but there are some problems when you try to go bigger: - You need an enormous mound of dirt behind every house to keep that thermal mass - Those tire walls are extremely thick, so you're gonna get less indoor space on the same building spot, especially in tight places like cities. - As soon as you want more than one floor, your energy and water requirements double, whereas your roof area (which determines both the amount of solar power and of water that you'll get) stays the same. Don't even think about typical 4+ floor buildings in cities.

[@TheTravelingTogetherJournal]

I love it. We are looking into buying property in Baja and I'm sold.

[@Mangold108]

cool! could install a domotic valve to manage to open and close the window according to the inner temperature

[@richardanderson4916]

Heck yeah! Totally awesome!

[@palecompass3598]

I don't care about on-grid or off-grid, connected or disconnected. It's not about independence. It's about sustainable and regenerative living... at least for me. I'm so in love with the idea of living in an Earthship!

[@1StefenM]

love your show gents, keep it up!

[@mountianfolks]

1/4 and 1/2 acre lots available right now. I have 27 assorted lots between Taos and Tres Piedras New Mexico. Good prices.

[@nebbykoo]

Earthship is brilliant.

[@OGdank13]

Reynolds is a genius

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

93 people thumbed this video down! Jesus wept, what about this video can somebody dislike?

[@MichaelSHartman]

Some of these ideas started in the 1970s during the Energy Crisis. Cisterns go way back. There are reasons people gave these up. We can still revisit and be inspired by them. Underground homes are underated. Go into a full basement during a 90 F (32C) degree day. Can high density housing be created? I am not an engineer, but large volumes have been created quite deep.

[@mikeycbaby]

Yes yes and a resounding yes!

[@stsk7]

wow that's great, I aspire to live off the grid

[@gracegrass4462]

This is an incredible idea, and it's really cool for areas that aren't mega-crowded (it'd be kind of hard to build an earthship apartment) but my question is this: is infrastructure inherently bad? Obviously there needs to be more sustainable energy and less coal and oil making our power. But how is a renewable energy source like solar or wind better if you make it yourself rather than if it's consolidated and done on a large scale? Wouldn't it be more productive to get cities to switch to better energy sources for all people instead of tackling the problem one-by-one?

[@TheBushdoctor68]

A year late, but here's my reply. :) As far as your question how renewable energy is better when making it yourself instead of *buying* it, you're basically making an argument against everybody who's currently installing solar panels on their roofs. Why would they? Well: Because after you earned back the costs, you will be enjoying free energy, instead of paying for it. Another large aspect is that current Earthships are build in remote areas, mainly because of the cost of land and permits etc. They have no other choice but to create it themselves since there are no facilities where they live. Another aspect is that these people who are currently building and living in Earthships have a great desire to be Off Grid, and thereby not depending on a society of which they believe will not be able to sustain itself. Yes, renewable energy should be a nation wide effort, but before we get there, we just put those panels on our roofs ourselves. :)

[@slayerjoe2000]

I remember watching a quick news spot on Earthships. Id personally wait a few years for a new advancement in the setup, but yeah. id live in one.

[@nicosmind3]

An earthship looks like my perfect home :)

[@txtpeer5179]

I want my own Earthship !

[@lordtoranaga]

Thank you

[@grahamdavidhardy158]

Go earthships, Nice work mike.

[@editfarkas4503]

Dozens and dozens of lead-acid batteries. Well, really environment friendly. Instead of relying on the grid now you rely on the manufacturers of lead-acid batteries. Besides, on the temperate climate like Western or Central Europe we often do not see the sun for weeks. In December 2015 we had no more than 12 sunny hours in total.

[@hindawilliams3673]

From my understanding of the video, the earthship is being built in places all over the world in all kind of climate to see if it is sustainable no matter where you live. As for the batteries it's far better than all the mess we are polluting the air with right now. Maybe in the future they will come up with something better. But as with all thing we must experiment to see what works, and the positive / negative aspect of it all. I personally would love to live in one.

[@Limitlesshigh]

Using some batteries while reusing a bunch of toxic waste to build it and not using any oil power to clean the rain water or for heating and cooling.... I think it cancels itself out... I don’t get why people can see so many good things and only focus on the negative

[@601salsa]

every house should be built using these principles, maybe not burried in earth but self sufficient.

[@scottpurdom8421]

yes I,d love to live in a Earthship, I really want to make one here

[@rihamesper8758]

very smart idea...love it...i support it

[@tomasvalferreira6607]

Really nice video, very informing and interesting topic.

[@GodRoxMySox092]

"We invented the word 'garbage.'" Amazing.

[@qiwi111]

+Meg Dowell Yes. We also invented every other word in existence :D

[@GodRoxMySox092]

+qiwi111 HAHA. Technically you are correct there.

[@phynx2006]

I think it's a great idea, not to sure it would work for high density housing though. These shows are great, very entertaining.

[@dsmith004]

I like the notion of a distributed system where users create some or all of their own energy and resell unused power leaving commercial power plants to sell more of their power to commercial enterprises.

[@831Adventures]

Hell yeah I love to live like that.

[@TheJcfclark]

I'd love to live in an EarthShip. Question is" How much do they cost to build?"

[@waffle5222]

seems awesome

[@zoo222001]

I seen his documentary...it was good

[@38bfd67]

Rain by Rob Scallon is a great song choice in this video

[@caleblimb3275]

As an American, I was confused at first as to why a lot of people were spelling it 'tyre' in the comments.

[@OMIMreacts]

Great video guys!

[@MrArtisticjay]

this is amazing

[@thatthinker]

I had a similar idea to this. Making Earthships would be a big step to making spaceships. Making a closed system living space in the middle of the desert could help us figure out to make something similar in the clouds of Venus or the deserts of Mars

[@AlphaBetaDeltaGamma]

+thatthinker well, doing this on other planets would be very different, because on other planets we need to shut our inclosure off from the outside on account of it being... well, deadly, while earthships use their surrounding environment to generate electricity, heat, cooling, ventilation et cetera so doing this in lethal enviornment is very different from doing it on earth.

[@thatthinker]

I know, but the thought of living without outside contributions of food, electricity, and water, is just a step into the independence needed to have a closed off system (the Earthships shown are open system but that's okay because of how awesome they are) and the difficulties of having to make like, yknow, feces into plantfood and other challenges aren't fully covered by the model shown but still. Step by step the challenges can be overcome.

[@Nosirrbro]

+thatthinker We really already have the technology, it's just that the price to build such a thing with what he have now is astronomical, so either some country decides to spend alot of money or we wait until we have more efficient methods that dont require a ship several times larger than the Saturn V

[@michaeldavis7562]

nosirrbro earthships can be just a hut model. you dont have to buy Michaels plans for thousands is you have ingenuity.

[@Grays_Plays]

While a Final Fantasy airship would be my first choice of home, a close second would be an Earthship. I would love to build one of these to live in, as seeing how expensive rent and the price of houses are now, it seems like an excellent alternative that would take care of most of the monthly bills that people get when buying or renting a home. If anyone is building one of these in the wiltshire area, please let me know cause I'd love to see first hand what building one of these is like.

[@Misterlikeseverythin]

Get me high-speed wi-fi and I'm in.

[@Swordsquire]

I'd love to have one!

[@gracenote13]

I love this idea, though I'm curious as to how well earthships would function in other climates. Could this sort of design really work in Canadian winter, for example?

[@vikumugisha1635]

I think it may depends on the region, but I've watched some earthship in Canada, Sweden, Australia, so I suppose it is doable in Canada

[@Me-eb3wv]

There's actually a video of a Canadian earth ship

[@spliter88]

I would love to see this become widely accepted. The prevalent centralization of everything has some pretty high costs not only in terms of ecologic impact but also on our own well being. Unfortunately I don't see this becoming a thing anywere in the near future since centralization of water, electricity, garbage disposal etc is the result of our way of life: It's just easier to not worry whether you'll have electricity tomorrow, or if there's a dry season and you might not have enough water to take a shower or flush your shit.

[@joeaddison]

loving the rob scallon background track

[@JayJay12224]

So I was wondering: How about the Internet? He must at least have a internet cable right? Or do you think he accesses the internet via satellite or something?

[@GroggyPantz]

I really love the idea and would love to live in one one day. But I can't imagen that it would be as good in colder climate where the sun isn't as strong or present. Would love to see an Earthship in Norway, and see how effective it would be up here.

[@johnwang9914]

The problem is that Earthships are low density living. You have to have enough land to implement your own sewage, water system, and garbage disposal. Earthships are really only for those who have sufficient financial independence to live so far away from common workplaces, it's really only practical for the rich. Our population simply dictates that we can not go to independently self sustaining habitats for everyone. You would have to have a serious reduction in population to go to a completely agrarian society. I'd be impressed by a self-sustaining apartment tower complex, not by individual family Earthships.

[@darthvader5300]

Ever heard of compact "LIVING MACHINES"? There was this particular sewage to drinking water Living Machine that can convert a mixture of raw sewage of all kinds and types and turn it into clean drinking water by passing through a diatomaceous earth particle filled anaerobic tank that has 10,000 times more surface area than a gravel filled tank and after passing through it the anaerobic bacterial microorganisms has eaten all of the pollutants out comes a very clean but nutrient rich water that passes through a hydroponic trough filled with plants that cleans it up until all it needs is chlorination to make it acceptable for drinking. Further developments uses vetiver grasses, bulrushes, juncus lacustria, adhatoda vassica, water hyacinths, Chinese Sacred Lotus, azolla, and the ever important WATER MINT KNOWN ALSO AS MENTHA AQUATICA THAT EXUDES A LINGERING PATHOGENICIDE THAT LITERALLY KILLS ALL PATHOGENS. The hydroponic trough used uses azomite sand and fine granulated gravel for the top plants and uses azomite sand and fine granulated azomite gravel for the aquatic plants for azomite emits natural trace microwaves that neutralizes heavy metals and toxic chemicals or turn them into inert non-toxic and harmleass substances that are used up by the plants. And then it it passed through an engineered artificial marsh land planted with all kinds of aquatic and semi-aquatic and non-aquatic plants on soil containing 50% red clay which is rendered friable by the plants' roots and by the self-seeding and self-bolting annual Mexican marigolds. After passing right through that artificially engineered marsh any viruses are render into innocuous proteins (this is the experience of the Muskegon Project of the 1950s and the Orange County Los Angeles water municipality's sand filters of the 1960s, both of which recycles all kinds of raw sewage mixture into drinkable water). But the use of mentha aquatica or aquatic mints has already killed off any virus and all kinds of pathogens. The diatomaceous earth particle filled anaerobic tanks has also produced two precious by-products which is carbon dioixde and methane known as biogas for power generation. But the entire system was designed for using passive gravity powered flowing systems and networks and was designed to last indefinitely. This invention of a particular type of "Living Machines" was invented in Michigan in the 1980s BUT WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED ON A LARGE SCALE IN THE 1980s! Because it threatens all of the vested political and economic interests of the conventional sewage treatment industry. For this technology, and other technologies, threatens their existence and profitability! They care more about themselves than the American people. The Muskegon Project was almost sabotaged by the vested political and economic interests of the established sewage treatment industry UNTIL A VERY POWERFUL INDUSTRIALISTS INTERVENED TO PUSH THE PROJECT THROUGH SO THAT HE CAN USE IT'S TECHNOLOGY AS A POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR HIS INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE WASTES.

[@AutisticVegan]

@@darthvader5300 Dud the guy in this video litteraly built a whole enTire house

[@darthvader5300]

But it is incomplete for it is ill-designed in the first place for starters. One must first envison a self-contained farm and then put his desired designs on it without disturbing it's productivity and at the same time increasing it's productivity. For example: The Michigan Living Machine, properly built, can literally convert 10,000 gallons of raw sewage mixture into fresh drinkable water, much fresher than your own mountain spring water, and yet will only require a space 25 feet by 50 feet long.

[@AutisticVegan]

@@darthvader5300 I think you enTIREly missed my point.

[@darthvader5300]

No I did not, I am comparing his technology with our Soviet Era survival nuclear bunker life-support technologies that we developed for our underground bunker cities and submarines to sustain human and animal life indefinitely and are all self-regulating and self-correcting and self-remediating and self-regenerating and several of these technologies are not yet available for CIVILIAN USE AND ONLY OUR MILITARY ARE ALLOWED TO USE. That is until the unthinkable happens.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Great review -- definitely would love to live in an alternative style house - rammed earth and earthship on the top of the list. Cheers, Patrick

[@daniellamuldoon1723]

This is amazing!!!

[@chrisniner8772]

Earth ships are awesome for desert living, I have been off grid for 19 years, I sure wish I knew what an earth ship was before I built. My house is super efficient but it is not even close to an earth ship.

[@katiewalker4571]

The problem is that these don't really work in places with humidity. The convection of cool and warm just doesn't work. Also, you need to build on bedrock because they are so heavy. So places like Houston won't work because the entire area is pure clay. So I really like them, but they only work in the desert.

[@Laurynski]

Do not true. They’ve built these Earthships all over the world including wetland, forest and mountain climates and areas. Just have to include something extra in your foundation of your plans. Please do more research about the principals the way the home faces supports it in regulating the temperature all year round.

[@herier44]

This is pretty cool.