Why couldnt I use poured concrete walls instead of used tires?
A. Well, you can use anything you like. Used tires and dirt are free, so there is substantial potential for $weat-equity using them, to say nothing of what using the alternative (normal building techniques) does to our environment during construction and for fifty years into the future. Then, there is the eventual outcome on our society of building without regard for future energy sources. “Why chemically alter heavy materials with heat and great consumption of energy and then transport them long distances in order to construct buildings, when most of the structural material is underfoot at each site?” –David Wright, AIA – Environmental Architect, in his book “Natural Solar Architecture, a Passive Primer” You can make 30 adobe bricks with the energy it takes to make one (1) concrete block.
