Comment on It was all a lie, wasn't it?

• chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, we also have a lot of wood. And wood structures are less labor intensive. Also, none of our buildings are over 300 years old, so we don’t need a lot of skilled stonemasons around to maintain them. And we’re further south than Europe, so cooling houses is a bigger concern than keeping them warm (though that reason is rapidly changing).

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Insulation is way better than solid rock walls or whatever Europe uses.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can insulate brick walls, too, you know?

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• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not in wildfires though which you have a shitton as well.

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  • Zenith@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s another reason drywall is used, it’s pretty fire resistant. Where I live all exposed beams must be wrapped in drywall for fire safety

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