The hardest part is the cooling. Our camper heats up like a tin can in the sun! And I wouldn't be too worried about it, but we have pets in the house that can't go outside. An earthship would be ideal. Once the pets are gone, we won't have to worry about cooling too much.
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There is ways of running piping in the dirt to cool air and then fan it into your house.
Some ways of cooling in the desert are pretty simple. And yep dig in! Earth is your friend.
You got good water access?
We have a well, which provides us good water. We have a good aquifer underneath us. I think the next big step is building a sandbag earth ship. That is my goal. But it is an overwhelming one!
Biggest advice for that... Start. And one shovel at a time.
Mike ohler? The author of the $50 underground house and an amazing architecture genius.
Yep I'm right! I met him at rainbow Washington State 2011 and got his books and one signed. I've got an open welcome.
Just get shovel out and start digging one shovel at a time and make a bigger hole and draw your lines out and visualize where you're going but start to remove material slowly and consistently over time.
Up until you can get more funding to get in an excavator that would be an interesting fundraising goal for enabling you...
Yeah, that is a good point. Baby steps!