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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 05:41 AM Original message |
Superinsulating Aerogels Arrive on Home Insulation Market At Last |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. If this can be applied to existing structures, it would save huge amounts |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. So, how much does it cost compared w/ the pink stuff? |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Here's a link with several companies |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting observation. Why now after 70 years? What where the "advances"? |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't know. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. If a company can't get a patent/copyright/trade secret, they don't want to "compete". |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Aerogels are allegedly one of the key components of nuclear weapons. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A lot of technology is misused. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. Some other forms/views of aerogel.... waycool. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. If they could get it to the point where it can be incorporated into drywall |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. If you could spray the exterior of an old house w/o insulation... |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. Too much embodied energy |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. I went to a workshop on insulation and saw some of this. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Recommend -- very cool. Nt |
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