The Systems Involved in the Earthship Evolution: At the point
when all of the systems came together in a cohesive way to
create a home we realized that they were more expensive than a
conventional home. The people who would be interested in buying
an Earthship over a conventional home were those who wanted the
security of independent utilities no matter what the cost and
those seeking an environmentally friendly living option. Most
people, however, would be forced by economics to choose the
cheaper, less secure, environmentally hazardous, conventional
direction. Canon, an early experiement on the path to achieving
the Earthship model. Right after we overcame the huge challenge
of learning enough to make these “earth machines” work for
people and the Earth, we had to simplify and streamline them
into something that could compete economically with the price of
conventional approaches to housing. No matter how significant
the fact that these buildings put people and their relationship
to the earth in a very secu