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Minnesota home stuffed with straw to keep cold at bay
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Insulating with bales of straw
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December 30, 1998
Web posted at: 8:20 p.m. EST (0120 GMT)
MINNEAPOLIS (CNN) -- Mother Nature can huff and she can puff, but even the cold breath of a Minnesota winter can't blow into one Minneapolis home, thanks to a thick layer of straw built in during its construction.
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More than 1,300 bales of hay were used to provide insulation 20 inches thick for the innovative home's walls, ceilings and floors. So effective is the insulation that the house has no furnace -- a water heater and plastic tubes running beneath the floors keep the home a toasty 70 degrees even in the dead of winter.
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