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How are earthships doing right now in this snow storm?

 
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Arent earthships in say, NM, designed for desert heat? If they have winterstorms there too, how are they doing?

Just curious.
 
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I just visited there yesterday in Taos,Nm./El Prado,Nm.There was no snow.Alot of wind.The earthships I went thru kept a pretty steady temperature of 70 degrees.Only about 7 inchs of precipitation a year.There our was in wetter climates/colder climates.I know there our some at higher elevation too.They have vents in the back and sky bents to navigate the heat.They also have wood burners in some.The thing that really helps them is the the angle of the southern faced green house.The angle they use for the glass lets in the winter sunshine but not the summer shine.There is also glass in the front of greenhouse and back.with windows.So you can regulate the heat.They're awesome it'd be cool to see the Wofati's with some of these systems in place.
 
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