I just watched some video about Yakutsk Siberia which is meant to be the coldest city in the world. Thought “Those poor bastards, wonder what they need to wear indoors when it is -40 outside.”

Turns out a pissing tank top and PJ bottoms. We really need to start demanding better things in this country don’t we?

I’m also reading a book about coal mining. All the unpaid labour, minimising wages and dodgy things the bosses did then still happens now. Now I’m not a tankie so don’t get the wrong idea here. But why are we all okay living like this I don’t get it? Why is the UK population so forgiving at living it shit conditions.

Also I’m going to jump in before anyone says no insulation keeps you cold in the summer. Insulation works both ways, it can keep heat out or it can keep heat in. It’s better in the summer and in the winter.

Siberia video in question:

https://youtu.be/K0z7Avc9ZtY?si=_KTob2YYMn2HLwkv

Also I hope I havent broken any rules. I can’t see any. This seems mostly news posts but I guess text posts are allowed? Sorry if not.

    • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      In my town we’re more concerned with intraday temp cycle, so we just add another layer of brick. Store heat during day and release at night. I’m 32 and have never used a central heating system once in my life, shit’s awesome

    • MudMan@kbin.social
      1·
      11 months ago

      Bricks used in houses have big air gaps in the middle (which you can also insulate if you want to, both inside and outside.

      That said you can do a lot with mass. I lived in a concrete building in a place with similar extremes and it did keep the heat very well, on account of those walls being half a meter thick. The glass windows were so bad at insulation by comparison that you could sometimes feel a breeze coming from the panels even when they were fully sealed just because the inside air was dozens of degrees warmer than the glass.

        • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Some of them are. And no paper for a moisture/wind barrier too I think.

          But those, I think, were less about insulation and warmth and more about ease of construction and plain exposure to the elements.

          E.g. not great but good enough. But now we have wood, etc and insulation and I was musing that maybe the reason why stone/brick homes didn’t was because they worked well enough.