Cob: Cob insulation idea

[Darel Henman]

Lightear,
  By no means would I call  the;  -5 Celcius (23 F) here in southern
Japan last week and -21 Celcius (-6 F) in northern Japan, tropical as
you did.   The U.K., as well, depending on the region gets bitterly
cold.    North Wisconsin does get nice freezing breezes from up north to
be sure, but it is not the only cold place on earth.  Cob structures are
also used in Scandanavia, another severly cold contry.

lightearth at onebox.com wrote:
> 
> UK and Japan are down right tropical compared to No. Wisconsin for the winter, more comparable here to Eastern Europe/parts of Russia. (10 degrees Celsius vs. 10 degrees Fahr.)
> 
> I actually heard that some of the Cob buildings in cold climates used upwards of 20 cords of wood to heat during the winter, reminded me of castle/stone type heating requirements...
> 
What is the source of this information?  Give us the basis for your
statement above.


To show some scale here, how many coords of wood do you figure the
Eskimos used to heat their igloos? 

Darel