Cob: Re: cob: commerce

[Frances Grill]

David, it already comes in a politically nuetral package. The kit includes
the earth we take for granted (too often) a shovel, sweat from your brow and
with any luck help from your neighbors. It helps to bring to it some
ingenuity. You mix these ingredients with care for your self , your
neighbors, and the earth and viola you have a building and building system
that doesn't need to be coopted by any business...but then I am not a very
good capitalist so this is only one persons observation.(:>) PAZ, Pedro
-----Original Message-----
From: David Knowlton <pilot1ab80 at hotmail.com>
To: coblist at deatech.com <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:15 PM
Subject: Cob: cob: commerce


>Hi,
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>I am politically conservative. Put down your guns please!
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>I believe in economic progress, and capitalism. I look forward to seeing
>home kits available: some sensible combination of straw bale, rammed earth,
>beautiful cob, whatever is locally needed. This way
>the seller could make a profit - and the buyer would still meet the goal
>some of you have expressed of being free of a 30 year mortgage payment.
>Economics and ecology will come together - some day.
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>david
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>>From: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>>To: coblist at deatech.com
>>Subject: Cob: Rammed earth, pise, Easton's book etc.
>>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:31:37 -0600
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>>Pise/rammed earth mean different things to different people.  This is the
>>glossy book by an American.
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>>"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930031792/qid=1044022780/s
r=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6977152-4198211?v=glance&s=books"
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>>Also, following links, these guys are not doing (all, anyway) 3500 square
>>foot monsters for two people part time.  And while they are using the
>>pneumatic tamping in their forms, they do say that there are other things
>>that work a whole lot better for curved walls.
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>>Pneumatic tampers, I'll bet, only work for the young and strong who have
no
>>tendencies whatsoever to carpal tunnel syndrome. Not me, who had surgery
>>after a month of rivet guns.
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>>http://www.rammedearth.com/index01.html
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>>Jill asked
>>what is the equipment needed? I can't seem to find it. Also, when I look
at
>>the foreign sites using "pise" the photos show hand building methods not
>>equipment. Though I know the other link for Earth Rammed Works is machine.
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