eh aircrete has the same fatal flaw as concrete

which is?

its nonrecyclible and dependent on a limited resource

the limited resource is sand?

well ok it IS recyclible but the cost of recycling it is expensive

and yes

were running out of the right kind of sand for concrete

they are already creating methods to get sand to the desirable grain level

yeah that's true

yes but its going to be 4 times more expensive

at best they can probably get that down to only twice as expensive

a concrete building vs a wood framed building one is going to last 40x longer

not really

like a concrete dome structure

vs a traditional wood framed house

yes but traditional wood framed houses arnt actually designed for duribility and the design for duribility has degraded even further with the avent of modern technology

sure a concrete dome is basicly the most durible design you can get next to perhaps a pagoda, and it eventually trumps even that when you downscale it. just a shame no one ever makes concrete dome houses which has always bothered me especially in tornado alley where we just keep replacing houses with buildings that will fail just the same way as old ones

honestly a wooden dome could stand just as well against most problems as a concrete one

its all a matter of the shape, wind cant grab a ball, and a ball is a great shape for displacing stress from an earthquake

dome's only problem is water

a wood dome on stilts wouldent work but a concrete one would be to heavy for wind to do anything about

yeah dude, I live in the hurricane zone and they need to start building homes that way, because the storms are increasing with regularity and severity. The dome also has a very aestheticly pleasant shape and look to, building a wooden dome would be pretty hard compared to concrete

imo

europeans dont much care for dome shapes

they make amazing sealants for concrete now, you'd just have to make sure you stayed up on the sealant routine

though i kinda like it

im a bit fan of dragonball's aesthetic

euros don't have hurricanes up their ass 7 months a year

that's a valid point

americans come from the same stock of people who dont find domes aesthetic

though personally if i was in charge of the government id just force people to get domes if the state has to put emergency funds into rebuilding for them

haha yeah, but it aesthetics aside, do you want to dwell in a structure that will keep you save, or will end up looking like it went through a woodchipper with you inside of it

free house? better not be destroyed like the last one

yeah dude, builders love rebuilding structures over and over again

maybe

on the goverments dime

thing about a hurrican zone though is like i said you need a dome on stilts or a dome with 2 floors and dedicate the bottom floor to a swimming pool

folks in the mid west just need the shape though

might as well make it a sphere and top it off with inflatable space.

tsunami? your concrete house is now a floating marble in the ocean

though that's a pipedream, what with how heavy concrete is