[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 5, Issue 27

[Ron Becker]

Exactly. The building industry like the food industry [it used to be 
agricultrue] or the government industry is about money and power not 
about safe homes or healthy food or human rights.
Those who question global warming have a financial or emotional 
interest in the status quo.


On May 2, 2007, at 7:52 AM, Jack Simmons wrote:

> The only result I see for the "Codification" of Cob is...
>
> You will be told the exact type of clay that is allowable, and in all 
> probability will be required to purchase clay and "special" amendments 
> to the clay from authorized dealers. This will be because the clay you 
> dig from your land or other local source will be "contaminated" by 
> biological agents that will of course cause structural weakness in the 
> cob.
>
> Straw for the cob will probably also have to purchased from authorized 
> dealers too, so its moisture content and other factors can be closely 
> monitored and regulated.
>
> I'm fairly certain other manufactured amendments will be required as 
> additions to your cob mix; maybe some kind of portland cement and 
> fiberglass mixture, because ultimately you can't trust the structural 
> integrity of straw/sand/clay. Oh yeah... where did you buy that sand, 
> mister? And let's not forget the fire retardants that you will be 
> required to add to your mix.
>
> A whole new range of methods and materials for embedding electrical 
> and plumbing elements in the cob structure will be manufactured and 
> will be specified in the code too.
>
> Yup, sounds like another $250K house going up to me!
>
>
> The Senators that cancelled Habeas Corpus and installed 
> totalitarianism in the once great USA:
>
> Alexander, Allard, Allen, Bennett, Bond, Brownback, Bunning, Burns, 
> Burr, Carper, Chambliss,Coburn, Cochran, Coleman, Collins, Cornyn, 
> Craig, Crapo, DeMint,DeWine, Dole, Domenici, Ensign, Enzi, Frist, 
> Graham, Grassley, Gregg, Hagel, Hatch, Hutchison, Inhofe, Isakson, 
> Johnson, Kyl, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Lieberman, Lott, Lugar,Martinez, 
> McCain, McConnell, Menendez, Murkowski,Nelson of Florida, Nelson of 
> Nebraska, Pryor, Roberts, Rockefeller, Salazar, Santorum, Sessions, 
> Shelby, Smith, Specter, Stabenow, Stevens, Sununu,Talent, Thomas, 
> Thune, Vitter, Voinovich, Warner.
>
> A patriot must be ready to defend his country against his government. 
> - Edward Abbey.
>
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