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Persuasive Essay On Taking Care Of A Home

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In my eyes, homes are nothing more than a vessel that provides shelter. From there the owner or user adds value and comfort to the homes, but the home still does not provide anything itself except shelter. In addition, you are also dependent on local utility companies to provide you with your other needs, and the home still provides only shelter. In a modern society we demand everything to have more than one purpose, but for our homes we buy additions that are multi-purpose, in order to make the home more suitable for the user. Why don’t we have homes that work? What if you could have a home built in such a way that it regulates its own temperature, provides water, generates electricity, and more? In a world of dependency, mankind should take steps into taking care of themselves in order to put less burden on others. While it might sound impossible that a house can work for you, it is further from the truth. We are in a society of cookie cutter homes that are nothing but a box that must be hooked into a grid and multiple external systems in order to create a house that the average person could live in. Michael Reynolds, is the master mine behind a new way of constructing homes. The homes he creates are called Earthships. Don’t let the celestial name deter you, these homes are made to support every need a person has without any help from outside sources; the homes are completely self-sufficient. Population is on the rise and the demand for homes, utilities, and food is an

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