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Myhrman worries about new commercially oriented members. Tensions
already exist in the network, such as those over using straw bale for “living
lightly on the land” as a model for the future while its very flexibility allows
luxury homes, speculation homes, and models of sustainability to employ it.
This suggests a proliferation of more networks in the future, some more
tightly linked than others. This does not mean the demise of the simple
owner built straw-bale home. The network to support that kind of build-
ing has the potential to remain as long as there are a few with Myrhman's
philosophy:“. . . whatever happens as the revival grows in scope and impact,
I'll be somewhere in the stubble working to keep those uncomplicated
methods available to those who would choose to use them.”
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