[Cob] Re: cobtun house - unsustainably expensive?

[yourfavoriteElf ofthemall]

I think the original concept in question was the sustainability. 
Sustainability is an already complex and even fallacious concept. It makes 
the assumption that we human beings have not only the ability but the 
control to guide ourselves, plants, animals, the planet and the universe 
into a more enlightned state of existance. In my opinion, we as humans have 
only shown exactly the opposite of this. So until we can check ourselves as 
a species in regards to a more compassionate and inclusive world value 
system, I do not think catapulting our scattered  abilities to orchestrate a 
peaceful existance into the mainstream is a very good idea - unless you like 
open "clay" pit mines and the rest of our forests cleared so we can grow 
canola crops for "bio-diesel"!


>
>Maybe things will come for circle? For example houses that have thatched 
>roofs in Britian command more than a houses that don't... (admittendly ones 
>in a traditional style) are being built with thatched roofs so that the 
>developers can get more money... maybe the use of cob isn't too far behind? 
>let's hope so + will know the technology works because of the 000s of cob 
>and thatch houses all over the south.
>
>rob
>
>
>Amanda Peck <ap615 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>The O'Malley's may be right, that one upscale house can spawn a large
>handful of copycats built for much less.
>
>Joe's probably right about the costs in England. And hiring someone to do
>work is often quite a lot more expensive than doing it yourself. Especially
>weird work--defined here as "workers not up on the learning curve."
>

>
>But I was wondering if somebody might not have heavily inflated the price
>just to get architects and contractors interested in exploring the medium.
>..................
>
>Joe wrote:
>
>"Just where did all that money go?"
>
>Fees, taxes and land mostly. Depending on where you are located in England
>. Cost is
>relative.
>
>J
>
>ocean wrote:
>
> >Did anyone notice the price of this "sustainable" dirt house, built with
> >natural materials from the site, by architects and contractors who 
>bicycled
> >to the site? 255,000 British pounds - nearly $500,000 US dollars. Just
> >where did all that money go?
> >
>
>
>
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