[Cob] suspicious embodied energy figures for lime

[Yun Que]

   Cat here   LOL  think your joking but here this...Clay, very fine can
   be used to bush your teeth, it also can be added to water and used for
   internal cleansing, it makes a great body scrub, bathing outside is
   recommended.

    I have seen on two occasions my horses use it to coat wounds.  Stayed
   wet while it drew out infection and kept the flies off.   dries and
   falls off when the wound has developed it's own protection.

   finally My daughter's back was badly burned and I used green clay as a
   poultice over the area.  Removing it when it was completely dry and
   putting on another poultice.  after about 2 days the burn was nearly
   healed...after 6 days only a small portion was visible...She has no
   scar....I used nothing but clay, I didn't not know about homeopathy at
   the time.

   Clay is very special stuff...
   for the good of all C.
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     From: Shannon Dealy <dealy at deatech.com>
     Reply-To: dealy at deatech.com
     To: Ron Becker <ron45 at tularosa.net>
     CC: coblist at deatech.com
     Subject: Re: [Cob] suspicious embodied energy figures for lime
     Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:20:05 -0700 (PDT)
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     >On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Ron Becker wrote:
     >
     >[snip]
     > > Portland Cement 94 lb sack 381,624 BTU
     > > Lime, hydrated 100 lb sack 440,619 BTU
     > > Common brick 1 block 13,570 BTU
     > > Concrete block 1 block 29,018 BTU
     > > Earth (Adobe) block (mechanized production) 1 block (10X4X14)
     2,500 BTU"
     >[snip]
     >
     >The portland cement/lime numbers are relatively meaningless for
     comparison
     >purposes, you need to examine the BTU's relative to a constant
     unit of
     >functionality you can achieve from the material such as making
     uniform
     >sized blocks in a common mixture, or area you could cover with a
     plaster
     >made using it as an ingredient, etc. Beyond that, your comparison
     needs
     >to take into account environmental damage over the life of the
     material
     >(C02 emissions in manufacture, waste at end of life, etc.) as well
     as
     >required functionality. While you can make a plaster from lime or
     cement,
     >your ratios with other ingredients will likely be different, as
     will the
     >appropriateness of using lime or cement for a given application.
     Cement
     >will tend to be stronger, less breatheable, and more brittle than
     lime in
     >a given application, and depending on what you are doing these
     >characteristics could be either good or bad. I'm no fan of cement,
     but
     >your decision to use any given material needs to properly weigh
     all the
     >tradeoffs. Except for cob of course which is perfect for all
     applications
     >and therefore should be used for everything (I had some for lunch
     earlier
     >today ;-)
     >
     >FWIW.
     >
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