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From: Ken James (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 08 2007 - 18:49:07 EDT
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> Roy is right. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
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True, it doesn't have to, but that is the way we are heading.
> A good beginning would be a shift from a wasteful consumer society to a more
> conservative society that valued longevity of utility in tools, appliances
> and so on.
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Ha! Ha! How many will not pay a dollar more for something that may be of
higher quality at a local store but price shop Wal-Mart instead and
think everybody else is trying to rip them off? They don't bother to do
any research, just go right to the bottom line...
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> Cold molded wooden construction can make use of woods that cannot be used in
> the traditional solid form of beams and planks. It represents a renewable
> and thus sustainable resource. The use of wood requires far less toxic
> material than the quantities of chemicals required to make FRP hulls and
> does not require the use of toxic smelters and blast furnaces required to
> make steel or aluminum plate. remember that FRP hulls relies extensively on
> petroleum feed stock.
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But it DOES use epoxy resin, a LOT of it, and that comes from oil! Also
Monel staple is I remember correctly. Not that I am coming down on cold
molded, just pointing out it also needs our high tech oil based culture
to make it work. -Ken
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