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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Concrete is expensive. It has terrible ecological impact. It's not very insulating, so you'd still have to insulate it, so the walls would have to be very thick.

A properly built wood house has few problems. [/quote]

Not true at all. Concrete homes are way better insulated than homes built with wood and walls.  [b]You will save as much as 30% in energy in a concrete home.  [/b]Traditional homes have to be constantly repaired due to rot, insects, and from weathering. How ecologically green is having to replace a traditional roof multiple times over the life of a home, vs a concrete home that may never need a new roof? There are just a lot of problems with traditional homes you don’t have with concrete.[/quote]

You're revealing your lack of knowledge with the bolded. With a wood-framed house, you can have as much insulation as you want, you just make the walls thicker. When people decide to stop adding insulation it's because of diminishing returns, not because of any fundamental limit to wood frame construction. [/quote]

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