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#Take [[Seed Home]] - 3000 sf of wall (all-enclosing) or 300 m2, or 150 cubic meters of bale.
#Take [[Seed Home]] - 3000 sf of wall (all-enclosing) or 300 m2, or 150 cubic meters of bale.
#This suffices for about 1.6M new homes. This is more than enough for all new USA construction of 1.2M homes. [https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=noH&sxsrf=ALeKk03h0ug8poU8QSOmt-e1Noig5jXJcw%3A1599236066127&ei=4mdSX82lB5KIytMPgbqXgAU&q=how+many+new+homes+are+built+each+year+usa&oq=how+many+new+homes+are+built+each+year+usa&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIGCAAQFhAeOgQIABBHOgIIADoFCCEQoAE6BQghEKsCUJoZWPgdYK0faABwAXgAgAF-iAGQA5IBAzIuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjNnojN8s_rAhUShHIEHQHdBVAQ4dUDCA0&uact=5]
#This suffices for about 1.6M new homes. This is more than enough for all new USA construction of 1.2M homes. [https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=noH&sxsrf=ALeKk03h0ug8poU8QSOmt-e1Noig5jXJcw%3A1599236066127&ei=4mdSX82lB5KIytMPgbqXgAU&q=how+many+new+homes+are+built+each+year+usa&oq=how+many+new+homes+are+built+each+year+usa&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIGCAAQFhAeOgQIABBHOgIIADoFCCEQoAE6BQghEKsCUJoZWPgdYK0faABwAXgAgAF-iAGQA5IBAzIuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjNnojN8s_rAhUShHIEHQHdBVAQ4dUDCA0&uact=5]
#In the USA, 5.4% were owner-built in the USA - [https://www.nahbclassic.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=265359&fromGSA=1], so about 65 thousand homes.
#Supply of straw is more than sufficient to meet all owner-built homes.

Revision as of 16:17, 4 September 2020

Combined with the Road article that indicates 13M acres of available roadsides - and bale density of 110 kg/m3, [1] - and a bale yield of approximately 2 dry tons per acre [2] - we have:

  1. 26 million tons of bales
  2. 236 million cubic meters of bales
  3. 19" straw bales (~50 cm) - R27 [3]
  4. One cubic meter of bale gives about 2 square meters of wall insulation.
  5. Take Seed Home - 3000 sf of wall (all-enclosing) or 300 m2, or 150 cubic meters of bale.
  6. This suffices for about 1.6M new homes. This is more than enough for all new USA construction of 1.2M homes. [4]
  7. In the USA, 5.4% were owner-built in the USA - [5], so about 65 thousand homes.
  8. Supply of straw is more than sufficient to meet all owner-built homes.