If YETI can make a cup that keeps water cold or hot for hours and a cooler that holds ice for hours, then why aren’t we building houses with that same material?

Question

If YETI can make a cup that keeps water cold or hot for hours and a cooler that holds ice for hours, then why aren’t we building houses with that same material?

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Answer 1

We don’t make them with the same material but we make houses with really good insulation. Engineers build houses you could heat with a hair dryer on the attic. Trouble is these houses are very expensive so people prefer to just make modestly insulated houses and pay a lot to heat them.