Ken Kern - Cost Quotes

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Grafting is, in effect, the healing of two common wounds. Commercial nurseries charge high prices for grafted stock, and the public bears the cost...

Ken Kern
It is a rarity of the first order when the dean of an architectural college takes it upon himself to build houses comprised of woven split bamboo placed between two layers of treated clay. These readily available materials were artfully used by Professor Stein in his creation of two demonstration low-cost homes.

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An important feature of our barrel stove was its simplicity. We designed it so that any homesteader, even one only partially skilled in metalworking, could build the entire unit in a welder-equipped workshop. Our stove's low cost and multiuse features contributed to its modest success.

Ken Kern
No critic as yet comprehends entirely why our houses are so poorly constructed, why they look so abominable, why they cost so much for construction and for maintenance, and why they are so uncomfortable.

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In cold climates it will cost only half as much to heat a well insulated building as it will cost to heat a poorly insulated one.... the annual fuel saving will amortize in two years the addition cost expense of the insulation!

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It costs three to five times as much to remove a BTU of heat from a house in the summer as it does to add one BTU of heat in the winter.

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