Warren Buffett adopts the Chinese-made house idea (almost)
A month ago the idea of Chinese-made houses, sold at the back of Walmart, was put forth in this Weblog and met with mixed reviews. According to today’s New York Times, Warren Buffett’s company has just shelled out $17 billion for a company that builds houses in factories (albeit the factories seem to be in the U.S. but they could easily move to China soon enough).
Brett
September 21, 2003 @ 5:14 am
Bucky Fuller worked on the premise that this would be true – imagine what we would be living in if we had put as much thought & innovation into the house as we have into the car.
Jonathan Hendry
September 22, 2003 @ 2:37 pm
Will such houses be pre-equipped with a supply of Asian Longhorn Beetles?
webwench
September 22, 2003 @ 11:33 pm
Manufactured housing? The hell you say!
Steve Pilgrim
September 23, 2003 @ 10:39 am
That may be what the New York Times reported, but Berkshire Hathaway only agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Clayton Homes – a mere detail to a reporter, but a rather hefty $15 billion mistake to someone actually responsible for the money.