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5 hours ago, 4myr said:
thanks for the many responses. To summarize what I've learned and take back:
- cavity walls, I was considering AAC blocks or low tech strawbales as low thermal mass walls
- microclimate - lots of trees [unfortunately have to wait at least few years] and also dehumidifying plants in and around the house
- underground cistern tanks as better thermal mass than soil
Wrt comments on point 3 of my OP:
- I agree there is no proven example yet, although the earthship inventor Michael Reynolds has implemented relatively short lengthed earthtubes in the Philipines, Indonesia and Puerto Rico without quantitative data to prove that it works
- the ecohouse example was afaik a closed system heat exchanger [not passive] and not an airflow earthtube. You can protect collapse of hdpe tubes with concrete drain pipe. Pest, insect and mold control can also be designed, but again no cost/benefit data yet seen - https://www.homeintheearth.com/tech_notes/earth-tubes/earth-tube-concerns/
I am planning to put our cistern underneath and supporting our decking on north side of our house out of the sun, so doesn't need to be completely underground, foundations won't be more than a metre underground. If you do go the full underground cistern route, would be very interested to see how stable the temperature is over a season
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An underground rainwater harvesting cistern, would be a much better heat sink than earth type, plus keep all of your freshwater cool and simplify plumbing immeasurably
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Whichever solution you try, I would say the most important one is keeping your home out of direct sunlight, so option 4 is definitely a no go. I am planning on using shade trees on our plot in Phrae, just to break the effect of having constant sun on the roof.
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The Thai government have backed themselves into a corner with all the fear mongering, they have nowhere to turn having spent the past 7 months vilifying foreigners as plague carriers. Slowly but surely everyone is beginning to realise that the dream of a vaccine coming along to save the day is nothing but a distant pipe dream.
Now they have to try to unwind every policy statement they have made since the pandemic began and try to open Thailand up on a science not fear lead basis which will be very very hard to do
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"Oh dear. How sad. Never mind."
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It's OK, Britain will be one of the first countries whose over 50's population will receive a Covid vaccine. We will be fine
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12 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:
Every adult in UK ‘could be vaccinated for coronavirus by Easter’
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/
Every adult in UK ‘could be vaccinated for coronavirus by Easter’
Just to say, this is not the Moderna mRNA vaccine, this is the Oxford Group ChAdOx1 anti-virus. This is good news, won't get to Thailand for a long while though
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11 minutes ago, connda said:
" There are no approved mRNA or DNA vaccines, and neither has ever been tested in a large-scale clinical trial for an infectious disease. “The COVID crisis is a great opportunity for those technologies to be pushed."
"To be pushed."Like in your governments force you to take it which essentially forces you be a lab rat. How wonderful.
Slight of hand there, mRNA vaccines have been used extensively against cancer for which they were developed. But cancer is not an infectious disease so as I said slight of hand/words.
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7 minutes ago, connda said:
Again - I'm not an "anti-vaxxer." I routinely take certain vaccinations. So don't go there.
However - mRNA vaccines are bleeding edge technology. So, please don't start denigrating people for stating that they would not be comfortable submitting to an mRNA vaccination until long-term studies of their safety have been published. And why shouldn't we? Governments allow the vaccine manufacturers to escape all liability. So they have nothing to lose by fast-tracking a vaccine that hurts people. I don't trust the profit motives of capitalistic corporations even a little bit. And I've no plans on being one of the guinea-pigs by being forced to take a vaccination under duress.What the Moderna vaccine does is get your cells to produce a single protein to which your body will then hopefully produce anti-bodies or T-cells. I am not saying it is safe or not safe, just clearing up some of the wilder claims, like it rewrites your DNA
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1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:
Just read this about Sweden. As they say, it's still to early to make a call on these things. The very friendly virus isn't done with us yet. Crazy times.
Good article, still all those idiots who persist in touting the Swedish model as being the way forward, simply do not understand what has happened in Sweden is not a good result.
As the article states, more than 50% of people live alone in Sweden, compared to just 12% in the UK. Like for like Sweden has had only 20 % less cases than the UK, taking into account the percentage living alone, this is a terrible result, and would have been far far worse than UK if households were of a similar basis
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Calm down everyone, this is not what it seems. Perhaps if you read the article, it states a technical issue, during past 7 days stopped some positive tests being counted during the week, so instead all those extras were added to yesterdays figure. The figure will drop just as quickly as it rose
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1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:It take years to ensure a vaccine is safe and even approved vaccines injure people every year. So therefore this vaccine will be risky. But on top of that, the vaccine being developed is an mRNA vaccine which will essential modify your DNA. That has not been done before. The trial evidence is insufficient, and therefore it is risky. Especially if have not yet had children.
The only people that should consider a vaccine are those at high risk.
Please please stop.
"an mRNA vaccine which will essential modify your DNA"
Never heard such misinformed claptrap. mRNA vaccine absolutely will not rewrite your DNA, this is not a Marvel movie.
What they do is behave like viruses and get your cells to behave a certain way in preparation of an infection of covid
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4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:
A simple plan. A non antigen test 72 hours before the flight. And Thailand ups their game, and invests in some modern technology, and provides on the spot antigen testing at Suvarnabhumi or elsewhere. It is easy. You pass two different tests, using two different methodologies, and you are covid free.
Welcome. No health insurance required. No groveling at a consulate. No quarantine. Welcome to Thailand. Have a great trip. And thanks so much for bringing a bundle of cash. Our people really need it.
No panic. No fear mongering. Double testing. You are safe. We are safe. Life is good.
They could do a lot worse than this
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An 87% drop in cover! Happy days
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So Thailand has spent the last 6 months doing nothing to prepare a first or second wave of covid, it hasn’t procured the medical supplies needed, it hasn’t procured the ventilators? It has done absolutely nothing, is that what this professor is suggesting ?
Does he think the best plan is to continue to do nothing until 2022?
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3 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:
I love dreaming........ more than telling nonsense.
I wish you could use google it would help
there-wont-be-enough-coronavirus-vaccines-return-normal-life
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/covid-19-vaccine-may-not-22774413
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2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:
I love dreaming........ more than telling nonsense.
You obviously have zero understanding of how things work, so might as well carry on
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34 minutes ago, Sheryl said:
Won't be ready for general use. Might be available for priority groups like medical workers at the end of 2020. And general availability could be as soon as early spring 2021.
But this means "availability" in terms of FDA approval. Availability in terms of on the clinics and hospitals etc having it in sufficient supply is a whole other matter.
And of course it assumes no untoward surprises from the Phase III trials now underway.
As i said earlier, it will be 2022 at the earliest that countries like Thailand will receive substantial amounts of any vaccine. Those in govt need to understand and factor this into their plans
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As far as anyone can tell, Thailand has not had a first wave. Thailand has not experienced any substantial coronavirus epidemic whatsoever
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Bad management is bad for business is the only takeaway from this. It should never have been allowed to escalate.
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2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:
Who told you that?
Why Thailand should wait for a vaccine until 2022 when other countries will use it this year already ?
Makes no sense. ????
No it makes 100% sense.
There will be limited supplies of vaccines no matter what anybody says, and because Thailand has zero cases, it will be last on the list to receive vaccines, this is just basic common sense. The vaccine will go first to countries that have bad outbreaks or continue to have outbreaks, and that will take a while. I'm sure Thailand will get a token amount, but if you think the general population will get access in 2021 you are dreaming
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Vaccine won't be widely available in Thailand until 2022 at the earliest. So good luck with that plan
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Presumably these flight will be flying back empty to Thailand, who would be allowed on them?
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Samui sounds a bit better than Phuket, though haven't been for about 16 years but I bet it hasn't changed a bit!
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‘Golden week’ ghost town: Thailand’s Pattaya party zone struggles with no Chinese tourists
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Bird's Nest can now be farmed, a friend has just set one up in Ranong, the nests are not taken until chicks have fledged safely. They build special cave swift houses to provide safe alternative to traditional caves. Sharks fin on the other hand is deplorable