Michael Krasny visits Google’s San Francisco office to present his book “Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic’s Quest”. This event took place on January 26, 2011, as part of the Authors@Google series.
Books by agnostics about their agnosticism (unlike the prolific atheists) are anything but a dime a dozen. In fact, Krasny’s latest is one of only a dozen or so published this century. Krasny may be a university professor, but he doesn’t address his questions as an academic. He explores agnosticism the way he explores topics on his daily NPR show—in a thoughtful, informed, and almost conversational tone. The main difference is this isnt just any issue; it’s Krasny’s own story. The author’s honesty begins with the book’s title. He obviously envies the feelings of peace and comfort that people of faith experience. Keeping him from it, though, are innumerable questions. The book presents these ruminations with only hints to the answers. The questions involve issues like the Ten Commandments, God’s existence, evil, and tolerance. Along the way, Krasny brings many people into the conversation—fellow agnostics like Thomas Huxley, atheists like Richard Dawkins, and even biblical characters like Job. The author’s nondogmatic stance will please virtually all readers.
Construction Article: https://woodgears.ca/reader/walters/steel_garage.html
How To Video showing the various steps involved when building a typical bolt-together prefab self-supporting steel building. I show how I used a 30-gallon hot water heater for radiant heat, sprayed foam insulation, exhaust fan installation, air conditioning requirements, sidewall plywood paneling and many other areas of interest.
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This building went up 8 years ago so any numbers I have on cost would be out of date by now. You have initial cost, long-term cost and operating cost. Also, there is efficiency to consider. Maintenance on this building is zero. Hail bounces off it. No shingles. No paint. No gutters. Fire proof. Your insurance should be less. The sprayed foam 8 years ago was around $1.30 per sq ft. 2-1/2 inches of R7 foam will outperform fiberglass insulation hands down and I don’t care how thick the fiberglass is. There are zero air leaks with foam. So you are getting into the “cool it with an ice cube, heat it with a match” type sales pitch, especially with radiant heat. If your feet are warm then your body is warm. If you install the tubing and radiant system yourself then the cost is pretty reasonable. If you have to pay someone else to do it then it might be fairly expensive. You can probably heat with a hot water heater, like I did, instead of a furnace. No ductwork. No furnace filters. No internal overhead structure to get in the way. You can build these any length or height you want. If you want a taller building, then order higher sidewalls. A good cost comparison is, estimate what your concrete footing, stem wall and floor is going to cost. The steel building kit is going to cost about the same (probably less). Wiring is more because you are probably going to use conduit. Lights, garage door, fan are the same. Air conditioner size is going to be much less with foam insulation. My house is insulated with foam and heated with radiant and my gas bills are 1/4 or 1/3 of similar structures. The colder it gets the more efficient radiant heat becomes.
The cost of accessories really depends on quality and from whom you buy them, the market in your area and are you going to do the work yourself.
More videos of intertest:
Welcome To My New Shop https://youtu.be/zohIl_UNLZM
Dust Collection Hoses – New Shop https://youtu.be/cTdN4iRzQRQ
Cleaning Cast Iron Machine Table Tops https://youtu.be/uRn97evxSeI
Making Movement 123 – Reciprocating Rack Mechanism https://youtu.be/Cas_tOSgz8Y