Earthships vis-av-vis cob -Reply

[goshawk at gnat.net]

> Tim,
> I think you are asking if you can build a cob style home while
> incorporating the earthship type sustainable characteristics.
> 

Is there a definition of earthship? From what little I've heard and 
read it appears to be a structure built from recycled and discarded 
materials and fairly self- sufficient or at least ecologically balanced 
in terms of energy use and waste disposal.

Pat in Mauk 

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Arther C Clark