tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046754678441316552.post8367954555557752462..comments2019-07-21T09:12:17.982-05:00Comments on Green House, Good Life: Detached Garages Are GreenDevonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14327080164247768031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046754678441316552.post-75945774476326057042012-09-27T14:08:10.311-05:002012-09-27T14:08:10.311-05:00Fascinating! I&#39;ll have to check out Guns, Ger...Fascinating!<br /><br />I&#39;ll have to check out Guns, Germs, and Steel.Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327080164247768031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8046754678441316552.post-65071292958945951272012-09-27T13:55:55.150-05:002012-09-27T13:55:55.150-05:00You think attached garages are bad news? You shoul...You think attached garages are bad news? You should see the attached barns they have on the old houses here in Switzerland. All of your cows just a few meters away. &quot;Chemical-laden air&quot;? Yes, and then some. (Of course, depending on what the cows eat, it might be *organic* chemical-laden air.)<br /><br />Even more exciting are the tiny, old Speicher buildings, where the upper floor would house the people and the ground floor would house . . . the pigs!<br /><br />However, Jared Diamond&#39;s book Guns, Germs and Steel (fascinating book, by the way) points out that this close habitation between humans and animals over the centuries probably helped the humans build up resistance to some diseases. I&#39;m grateful that my ancestors did it so that I don&#39;t have to.Jonathanhttp://jonathanjenelle.vancefamily.orgnoreply@blogger.com