Tornados in Germany are increasing sharply

You're absolutely right about that – clinker bricks only pay off if the house stands for a long time or if they are reused. There are already projects like that, but so far rather few and also more expensive due to the cleaning effort. Hopefully that will change someday...

Our two concrete ceilings could have also been made more climate-friendly out of wood – but the husband just didn’t want that.

No one is perfect in everything. Only everyone should contribute what they can, that would already be a big step.

And exactly that is what no one does. :-) I had to smile a bit. Right above you write that your husband didn’t want wooden ceilings. He probably could have managed it. It was a new build anyway. Not that I’m any better. In the end, everyone only does what lies within their own comfort zone. Real renunciation? I don’t really believe in that. If you don’t fly, you probably don’t have a need for long-distance travel, right? And you like your garden just the way it is :-)

Who among us has ever really given something up for the sake of the environment that they would have liked to have?

Who among all of us has actually ever given something up for the sake of the environment that they would have liked to have had?

Me on meat. It is only eaten on weekends at most. And if ring meat, then high quality for the grill :cool:

Concrete is really very, very environmentally unfriendly. We once saw a documentary about cement production. It was not a pleasant sight.

The damage to the forest floor during logging is immense. No matter where. Here they come into the forest with machines and nothing is left standing. Whether useful or not. The soil is destroyed. In Canada, it is just a picture of devastation. Reforestation often does not take place or occurs as a monoculture. Wood is often transported from far away and the harvesting process is nothing but devastation. Therefore, I have my doubts whether wood is really that ecological.

Icke on meat. It is only eaten on weekends, if at all. And if flank steak, then high quality for the grill :cool:

Unfortunately, the quality has no impact on the climate balance at all. If not even more harmful?! It would be interesting to have a CO2 comparison between factory farming and organic and/or small-scale farming. Regarding tornadoes and houses in the USA: I think here one might have to lower their expectations a bit. The reason we see damage of the extent seen in the USA less often here is more due to the rarity than actually more stable construction. Once the roof tiles start flying in circles here, they will smash everything for you too. That doesn't make much difference compared to a wooden house then.

Unfortunately, the quality has no effect on the climate balance whatsoever. Or is it even more harmful?! It would be interesting to see a CO2 comparison between factory farming and organic and/or small-scale farming.

Regarding tornadoes and houses in the USA: I think here we might have to keep our expectations very low. The reason we see less damage here compared to the USA is more due to the rarity of such events than truly more stable construction. Once the roof tiles start flying around here, they will destroy everything too. At that point, it doesn’t make much difference whether it’s a wooden house or not.

No, but the frequency of eating meat. That has a very large impact on the climate balance.

In the bedroom in 2018 there was an article with the topic "Can you protect your house from tornadoes?" Quote from this article What damage to the house is most likely to occur during a tornado? "Windows break and roofs are torn off. Once there is damage to the roof, this storm of course has completely different points of attack." That means it suddenly gets under the roof and lifts it off like a sail," says Prof. Norbert Gebbeken, President of the Bayerischen Ingenieurekammer-Bau. "You also have to expect vehicles to fly around up to a height of twelve meters. If a car hits masonry, it will not withstand it." I think if a tornado with the dimensions as in the USA sweeps through a city here, there will probably be a lot of debris left. I am not sure if our building methods in the USA are sensible. Tornadoes cause massive damage to a building Extreme temperature differences between summer and winter Permafrost, heat, wildfires, termites, earthquakes.