1,500,000-2,000,000 calories of Energy makes window glass for 1 Tiny House. "0 for salvaged windows." Walk 10 mi=1,500 cal.
When you add savings, seek less carbon burned to create glass, hardware, transport trees, 95% salvaged parts & human-energy=free. CHATGPT agrees w/ Mii!
You would need to walk 15,000 miles to burn up 2,000,000 calories, just enough to create 200 sf of glass for an average number of windows in a Tiny House on Wheels built in the last ten years. Is that Carbon or Earth-Friendly? Obsolete in 7-10 years, windows get trashed with RV. Compared to a house that lasts for a century?
So I asked a more in-depth que…
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