Show Instant Houses I The list of instant items in our fast moving society is constantly growing from coffee coffee coffee cof cof- cof- cof fee and tea to milk shakes and pie crusts But the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate may be achieved with the advent of the instant home SOME OF the more imaginative imaginative imaginative imag imag- architectural designers foresee homes made of in inflatable inflatable in- in flata le materials most of them produced from petroleum chemicals that can be blown up or deflated a at t will according to an article in Petroleum Today published by the American Petroleum Institute While instant homes might seem a bit fetched far-fetched right now so did predictions in the S of r l las la's s tt S as ui ain Th materials i many of which are realities to to- day THESE INCLUDE the use of plastics in siding window frames pipes paints plumbing plumbing plumbing plumb plumb- ing fixtures shingles gutters doors floors and even in the glues that might hold these items together Because of their great flexibility flexibility and durability plastics are being used more and more by builders and architects in inthe inthe inthe the basic structure of the home itself ALREADY THERE are numerous numerous numerous num num- erous examples of this architectural architectural architectural ar ar- ar- ar avant garde from the paneled acrylic-paneled geodesic dome that thrilled visitors at Montreal's Expo to graceful plastic all-plastic ski chalets perched on the snowy Alps According to Petroleum Today Today Today To To- day more than companies currently manufacture petro petro- leum-based leum chemicals which in turn are used to make everything from insecticides to to detergents to-detergents synthetic rubber rub- rub berto to ber to textile fibers fibers' and of and course course plastics OUT OF EVERY barrels of oil consumed in this country country country coun coun- try approximately four barrels barrels barrels bar bar- go into the production of petroleum chemicals and 30 per cent of these petrochemicals end up as plastics |