Cob: Re: Fwd: [High Tech Dream Homes] ATTN Contractors: Save 20%-50% on Building Costs

[Kyle Towers]

    If you dig deep, it says that it recycles wood and fly ash.  My guess is
that it also contains lime, which would be cementituous when it reacts with
the fly ash, a Pozzollan.  It could very well be a great product, but the
marketing system is the biggest turn-off I've seen.  Reminds me of Rainbow
vaccum cleaners - great product, but sold like snake oil.

Regards,

Kyle

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From: "W" <uwu at angelfire.com>
To: "cobheads" <coblist at deatech.com>; "baleheads" <strawbale at crest.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: Cob: Fwd: [High Tech Dream Homes] ATTN Contractors: Save 20%-50% on
Building Costs


> (appologies for cross-posting)
> I recieved this link on another email list... it calls itself
environmental and recycled - my question is recycled WHAT?
> Anybody know/hear anything about this stuff?  They don't seem to want to
share the ingredients (they just keep repeating "It's recycled!  It's
recycled!")and I suspect it is partly concrete although their "flash" intro
> ( http://www.earthblock.com )
> seems to imply it's not...
> I worry that this is another of those pseudo-enviromental sales pitches
that will accomplish nothing in the long run except to undermine the "real"
envirnmental building movement...
> But then again I've always been a bit cynical when marketing won't tell
you anything about the product, and just keep repeating "It's great! I know
you want it!  And you can get rich too!"
> Strikes me as a possible MLM scam...
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> DATE: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:46:40
> From: "byholland" <byholland at yahoo.com>
> To: hightechdreamhomes at yahoogroups.com
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> Builders and Contractors can now save 20%-50% off building costs
> with NEW Environmental Building Block Material. Better, Stronger,
> FireProof Buildings and Homes. A MUST READ> YOU WILL NOT BE
> DISAPOINTED!
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> www.earthblock.com/biz/contractor.htm
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