[Cob] styrofoam dust

[Quinn]

Charmaine,

I am sorry if you were having a bad day.  I think your response is a  
vast over-reaction to my post about styrofoam in cob.  I was merely  
asking if this stuff was as safe as it was purported to be and  
suggesting various possibilities which occurred to me.  I did not  
remember hearing in your original post that the material was entirely  
plastered over with cement.  That would make a difference, though you  
still say "may" never burn.

My experience with this list is that there are ideas put out there  
and then others who question the viability of those ideas, offer  
their own suggestions, and on and on-- that "what about this?" and  
"Don't you think that..." were not out of place here.  I hope that  
remains the case.

I still consider myself a purist when it comes to environmentally  
friendly materials, and will stand with that, name-calling  
notwithstanding.

Quinn

“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?”
  ~Julia Child



On Feb 21, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Charmaine Taylor wrote:

> I often regret taking the time to provide answers to questions on  
> this list.... holier than thou responses...