Cob: Re: newspaper insulation?

[Sojourner]

Avalon Bruce wrote:
> 
> query for ya'll -- we get tons of plastic shopping bags/sacks every town
> trip for grub -- could'nt these things be double bagged, stuffed w/ crumpled
> newspapers, tied and thrown into attic for insulation?
> 
> here on the northern edge of chihuahuan desert, building w/ cob, l2-l4"
> thick walls, dirt floor for winter heat sink, big south facing
> porches/windows, don't need MUCh insulation -- cool winters, pretty hot
> summers usually (not so this year tho) so what think you?
> 
> av

I'm all for alternative building, but sounds like a fire hazard to me.

Holly ;-D