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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest5
Date: November 6, 2020, 12:59 am
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> You should find it no less odd to see such building styles in
San Francisco. Western architecture is as un-American as it is
un-Chinese.
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: April 12, 2021, 4:52 am
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Las Vegas wants to look more American!
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/las-vegas-pushes-become-first-154922041.html
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> Las Vegas pushes to become first to ban ornamental grass
> ...
> Las Vegas-area water officials have spent two decades trying
to get people to replace thirsty greenery with desert plants,
and now they're asking the Nevada Legislature to outlaw roughly
40% of the turf that's left.
>
> The Southern Nevada Water Authority estimates there are almost
8 square miles (21 square kilometers) of “nonfunctional turf" in
the metro area — grass that no one ever walks on or otherwise
uses in street medians, housing developments and office parks.
>
> They say this ornamental grass requires four times as much
water as drought-tolerant landscaping like cactus and other
succulents. By ripping it out, they estimate the region can
reduce annual water consumption by roughly 15% and save about 14
gallons (53 liters) per person per day.
--- End Quote ---
Lawns should never have existed on American soil:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn#History
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> Lawns may have originated as grassed enclosures within early
medieval settlements used for communal grazing of livestock, as
distinct from fields reserved for agriculture.
> ...
> Lawns became popular with the aristocracy in northern Europe
from the Middle Ages onward. The early lawns were not always
distinguishable from pasture fields. The damp climate of
maritime Western Europe in the north made lawns possible to grow
and manage. They were not a part of gardens in other regions and
cultures of the world until contemporary influence.[7]
> ...
> Eventually even the grasses of the Great Plains were overrun
with European species that were more durable to the grazing
patterns of imported livestock.[12]
> ...
> According to study based on satellite observations by Cristina
Milesi, NASA Earth System Science, its estimates: "More surface
area in the United States is devoted to lawns than to individual
irrigated crops such as corn or wheat.... area, covering about
128,000 square kilometers in all."[24]
--- End Quote ---
Western:
HTML https://thisnzlife.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dreamstime_l_3862740.jpg
American:
[img]
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#Post#: 5523--------------------------------------------------
Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest5
Date: April 12, 2021, 8:33 pm
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Since the last drought in California a lot more front yards
around here are also looking similar to the last picture.
California actually pays you to get rid of your lawn.
HTML https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/us/in-drought-ridden-california-the-classic-lawn-loses-ground.html
#Post#: 6467--------------------------------------------------
Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: May 17, 2021, 11:30 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/senegal-architects-ditch-concrete-earth-090707537.html
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> Senegal architects ditch concrete for earth in revival of old
techniques
> ...
> Concrete is inexpensive and used with abandon in Senegal's
capital, but it is poorly suited to the West African heat. On
summer days, when temperatures frequently reach 100 degrees
fahrenheit (38°C), the buildings become furnaces, cooled only
with blasts of air conditioning.
>
> Earth naturally regulates heat and humidity, say the founders
of Worofila, an architecture firm specializing in bioclimatic
design.
>
> Since 2016, they have been pushing for the material to make a
comeback. They say it could reduce pollution from cement
factories and electricity production - and keep people cool.
>
> "Before air conditioning, people paid attention to materials
and orientation for the natural regulation of heat," said
Worofila co-founder Nzinga Mboup, while workers laid bricks for
the upper floors of what will be a family home with a pool.
>
> "The moment A/C arrived, these considerations went out the
window."
> ...
> Senegal's traditional dwellings were made of mud, but that has
been abandoned. Dakar's sidewalks today are littered with piles
of sand and stones that are mixed with cement to make cheap
building blocks.
>
> To make modern earth bricks, workers mix soil with smaller
amounts of cement and water to create a mixture that they cut
into blocks, compress with a hand-operated machine and leave to
dry for 21 days.
>
> Unlike concrete, earth bricks require little energy to
produce. Cement, the main ingredient in concrete, accounts for
8% of carbon dioxide emissions, according to British think tank
Chatham House.
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It goes without saying that Western air conditioning wastes even
more energy. Here is a good example of how Western civilization,
instead of recognizing its obvious inferiority, tries to
compensate with more inferiority.
For reference:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_concrete
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning#Environmental_impacts
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 10, 2021, 10:24 pm
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Signs of hope:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-turning-cities-giant-sponges-005323851.html
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> Conventional [WESTERN!] flood water management often involves
building pipes or drains to carry away water as swiftly as
possible, or reinforcing river banks with concrete to ensure
they do not overflow.
>
> But a sponge city does the opposite, seeking instead to soak
up rainfall and slow down surface run-off.
>
> It tries to do it in three areas. The first is at the source,
where just like a sponge with many holes, a city tries to
contain water with many ponds.
>
> The second is through the flow, where instead of trying to
channel water away quickly in straight lines, meandering rives
with vegetation or wetlands slow water down - just like in the
creek that saved his life.
>
> This has the added benefit of creating green spaces, parks and
animal habitats, and purifying the surface run-off with plants
removing polluting toxins and nutrients.
>
> The third is the sink, where the water empties out to a river,
lake or sea. Prof Yu advocates relinquishing this land and
avoiding construction in low-lying areas. "You cannot fight the
water, you have to let it go," he says.
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Leaving space for water also means lowering population, which is
also what we want.
Related:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/new-world-raft-design-and-colonialist-response/
Back to main article:
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> Much of the concept is influenced by ancient farming
techniques Prof Yu learnt growing up in the eastern coastal
province of Zhejiang, such as storing rainwater in ponds for
crops.
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Related:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/aryan-hydraulic-empire/
Back to main article:
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> "The technique that evolved in European countries cannot adapt
to the monsoon climate. These cities fail because they have been
colonised by Western culture and copy their infrastructure and
urban model," he says.
--- End Quote ---
Someone gets it!
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> The Zhengzhou flood earlier this year, he says, was a classic
example. The city had paved over its ponds, so not enough water
was retained upstream when the rain began.
>
> The main river had been channelled into concrete drains,
causing water flow to speed up "like a flushed toilet", he says.
Important infrastructure such as hospitals were built on
low-lying land.
> ...
> Using concrete to manage a flood is thus like "drinking poison
to quench your thirst… it is a short-sighted view," he says.
--- End Quote ---
So is using any other aspect of Western civilization to solve
any other problem. But will enough people see this before it is
too late?
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/if-western-civilization-does-not-die-soon/
#Post#: 10221--------------------------------------------------
Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 21, 2021, 10:47 pm
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Here is a private conversation I had with Zea_mays (italicized)
about the inferiority of Western engineering:
Interestingly, a lot of times in rural areas, people will
inherit an old (Western architectural style) house, but put up a
mobile home/trailer on the property to live in instead, since
they can't afford the upkeep on the house, further demonstrating
the inferiority of Western design.
Definitely. Don't even get me started about the engineering
stupidity of radiators, for example:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiator_(heating)
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> The heating radiator was invented by Franz San Galli in 1855,
a Kingdom of Prussia-born Russian businessman living in St.
Petersburg.[2][3]
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HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b43_434-2.jpg/999px-Brockhaus_and_Efron_Encyclopedic_Dictionary_b43_434-2.jpg
HTML https://www.nrgawareness.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Drawings43.jpg
HTML https://www.nrgawareness.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Drawings30.jpg
HTML https://www.nrgawareness.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Drawings67.jpg
You need metal pipes installed into every room in the house
(going through floors/ceilings and walls), so that you can't
heat one room without also to an extent heating all the rooms
along the path of the pipe to the room you actually want to
heat, and you are forced to heat the entire room instead of just
where you are sitting, and when you're not using it for a while
you have to drain the entire system, and even when you don't
need heating you still need to fill and drain the system
periodically to keep it functional, and there are a host of
things that can go wrong such as air bubbles trapped between two
bodies of water that you can't get rid of, etc.. But instead of
realizing the whole thing is a bad idea, Westerners react by
adding even more **** to the system:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiator_reflector
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_screw
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydronic_balancing
when a simple hot water bottle avoids all these issues in the
first place, wastes minimal energy/water/production materials,
and LOOKS FRIENDLIER too!
HTML https://www.bigw.com.au/medias/sys_master/images/images/hdf/h3b/27297278001182.jpg
Yet in Western eyes:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_warmer
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> Advantages
> The first advantage of this radiator is the aesthetic value
that can help to enrich rooms with a touch of style.
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HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Ornamental_Radiator_for_Walls_No_163_Plate_16_Pascal_Iron_Works_%281861%29.jpg/973px-Ornamental_Radiator_for_Walls_No_163_Plate_16_Pascal_Iron_Works_%281861%29.jpg[/img]
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HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Screen_for_Recess_Radiator_No_168a_Plate_17b_Pascal_Iron_Works_%281861%29.jpg/1024px-Screen_for_Recess_Radiator_No_168a_Plate_17b_Pascal_Iron_Works_%281861%29.jpg
No, the only advantage of radiators is that they can be used to
BANG WESTERNERS' HEADS AGAINST.
Meanwhile, what do Westerners do with hot water bottles?
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_water_bottle_blowing
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> Hot water bottle blowing is the deliberate inflation of a
hot-water bottle by blowing. Air is breathed into the bottle
until it stretches beyond its capacity and consequently
explodes. It is a challenging feat of strength which is included
in the Guinness World Records.
--- End Quote ---
[img]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/MACMILLAM_FORUM_020.JPG/396px-MACMILLAM_FORUM_020.JPG[/img]
**** barbarians.....)
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And when there is a single centrally-controlled radiator boiler
for an entire apartment complex or school building, it often
gets so hot people have to OPEN THE WINDOWS IN THE WINTER just
to achieve a tolerable temperature...
But rightists will still be like: "Why aren't you thanking us
every day for gifting you with modernity?"
--- Quote ---
> Radiator lowers indoor humidity, which may contribute to hair
loss, however, a humidifier can be used to increase the
humidity.[6]
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So again, just keep adding **** to compensate for the problems
caused by the earlier ****.....
Also, on a related subject, chimneys need to be in the interior
of the house, or else so much heat is wasted. Look at the image
below, heat on three sides of the fireplace is being wasted by
radiating to the outside, rather than inside!
HTML https://chimneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/chimney-house.jpg
Another absurdity is that by the fireplace generating a
convection current upwards, the hot air fleeing through the
chimney inevitably draws in cold air from outside. So a
fireplace actually makes most of the house colder. And the
Western response, once again, is to add even more **** to
compensate:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draught_excluder
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 28, 2021, 10:24 pm
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Another Western domestic heating inferiority:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_blanket
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> An electric blanket is a blanket that contains integrated
electrical heating wires.
> ...
> Old or damaged blankets are a concern of fire safety
officials, due to the combination of heat, electricity, the
abundance of flammable bedding material, and a sleeping
occupant. In the United Kingdom, it is estimated that 5,000
fires per year are caused by faulty electric blankets,[5] of
which 99% are believed to have been caused by blankets 10 years
or older.[6]
>
> Electric blankets also present a burn risk to those who cannot
feel pain, such as those with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or
who are unable to react to it, such as small children,
quadriplegics, and the elderly.[7]
> ...
> Some scientists have speculated that SLF-EMFs could cause
cancer through other mechanisms, such as by reducing levels of
the hormone melatonin[citation needed]. There is some evidence
that melatonin may suppress the development of certain
tumors.[8]
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See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 1, 2022, 3:20 am
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And then there is this Western inferiority which has totally
baffled me since childhood:
HTML https://cdn.initial.com/content/local/in-ini/images/desktop/main_in-initial-hand-dryers-banner.jpg
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_dryer
--- Quote ---
> Hand dryers have been popular with industries for their
apparent economies. According to manufacturers, hand dryers can
cut costs by as much as 99.5% (for example a company may spend
$2340.00 per year on paper towels, where as the hand dryer
expenditure would be as low as $14.00 per year - this will vary
according to the cost of paper towels and electricity). They
require very little maintenance compared to paper towels, which
must be replaced. An added benefit is the removal of the paper
waste. Hand dryers represent a larger initial investment, so
those responsible for facility management must do a careful cost
analysis to determine whether they are cost effective in their
building. Costs are always relative to the kWh cost that the
facility is charged by its provider. In the UK, this will
typically be around 10-12p, the only way to compare costs
accurately is to work out the rated energy consumption and
divide it by the number of drys the hand dryer is capable of
performing back to back in 1 hour, this will give the energy
consumption per dry. The world's lowest energy hand dryer uses
just 1 watt-hour per dry and is rated at 0.24 kW.
> ...
> Another study shows that whereas the majority of the
environmental impact of a hand dryer occurs during its use, the
environmental impact of paper towels is predominantly in the
material production and manufacturing stages.[5] It is estimated
that hand dryers use 5% less energy than paper towels in the
first year, and 20% less over five years.[6]
--- End Quote ---
I always dry my hands on my clothes, just like people did in
ancient times when neither hand dryers nor paper towels existed.
(Adults kept telling me not to.)
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: Ganbaru
Date: January 1, 2022, 5:50 pm
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I'm not sure if this was covered in the older forum, but I'll
post it anyways:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
--- Quote ---
> A squat toilet also known as Indian toilet (or squatting
toilet) is a toilet used by squatting, rather than sitting.
> ...
> Squat toilets are used all over the world, but are
particularly common in some Asian and African nations, as well
as in some Muslim countries.
--- End Quote ---
Appropriate for the current health crisis:
--- Quote ---
> Sitting toilets are on the one hand associated with
development and modernization, and on the other hand with
reduced hygiene and possible transmission of diseases.
--- End Quote ---
Inferiority warning from Japan...
--- Quote ---
> Although in Japan it is believed that the squat toilet is
traditional, the trend in Japan is to move away from squat
toilets: According to Toto, one of Japan's major toilet
manufacturers, the production of Western-style toilets increased
rapidly since 1976.[23] In 2015, only 1% of all toilets produced
by this company were squat toilets.[23]
--- End Quote ---
As usual, non-Western hardware is superior to its Western
counterparts:
--- Quote ---
> Some studies claim that squat toilets are healthier than
sitting toilets due to more natural position of the body and
they can potentially reduce the risk of rectal diseases such as
hemorrhoids and constipation.
--- End Quote ---
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> Squat toilets are usually easier to clean than sitting toilets
(pedestals), except that one has to bend down further if the
squatting pan needs manual scrubbing. They can be cleaned by
using a mop and hose, together with the rest of the floor space
in the toilet room or cubicle.
--- End Quote ---
HTML https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-flush-toilet
--- Quote ---
> The first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir
John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen
Elizabeth I.
--- End Quote ---
"Hand dryer"
These are also especially terrible during winter as they can
cause the skin to dry up, and of course Westerners will quickly
suggest using their moisturizers to compensate (another
environmental and health hazard).
#Post#: 10439--------------------------------------------------
Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest55
Date: January 7, 2022, 9:49 pm
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I had always been under the impression that a radiator was at
least a little more efficient than centralized air systems? I
actually am a certified air conditioning technician who never
really worked in the field, but I was trained for it. I am also
trained in solar thermal heating, which replaces the boiler of a
radiation system with solar thermal heating methods. In this
respect, would a radiation system not be ten times more
efficient than both a centralized air system and and old style
radiator heating system?
Lest we also forget that asbestos was often used to seal the
ducting for centralized air systems back in the day, which when
it degraded could actually get into the ducts and blow directly
into the living spaces of the house, another health hazard!
HTML https://www.energydepot.com/RPUres/library/images/Swaterheater1.jpg
HTML https://www.solarreviews.com/content/images/blog/post/focus_images/220_220-Passive-Solar-Heating-1200.jpg
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