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[Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 5, Issue 59Damon Howell dhowell at pickensprogress.comMon Jun 4 10:30:32 CDT 2007
Sounds like a very interesting article to read, but Yahoo says the page was not found! Maybe they don't archive. Damon On Jun 3, 2007, at 3:00 PM, coblist-request at deatech.com wrote: > Send Coblist mailing list submissions to > coblist at deatech.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > coblist-request at deatech.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > coblist-owner at deatech.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Coblist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. earth based cement (Ron Becker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:47:26 -0600 > From: Ron Becker <ron45 at tularosa.net> > Subject: [Cob] earth based cement > To: coblist at deatech.com > Message-ID: <bb60c3143a6208238bffb86a3e9ebf3b at tularosa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; > format=flowed > > Hi Cobbers and natural builders. > Below is a quote from a yahoo story in today's popular science stories > section. It has been determined that much of the pyrimids was cast and > not chiseled from limestone. Below that is a seriously long link to > the > stroy. It was cut and pasted so it should work > > "Why do the results of Barsoum?s research matter most today? Two > words: > earth cements. > > How energy intensive and/or complicated can a 4,500 year old > technology > really be? The answer to both questions is not very,? Barsoum > explains. > ?The basic raw materials used for this early form of > concrete?limestone, lime, and diatomaceous earth?can be found > virtually > anywhere in the world,? he adds. ?Replicating this method of > construction would be cost effective, long lasting, and much more > environmentally friendly than the current building material of choice: > Portland cement that alone pumps roughly 6 billion tons of CO2 > annually > into the atmosphere when it?s manufactured.? > > ?Ironically,? says Barsoum, ?this study of 4,500 year old rocks > is not > about the past, but about the future > > .?http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070522/sc_livescience/ > thesurprisingtruthbehindtheconstructionofthegreatpyramids; > _ylt=AuU6dv5Rm1_GBt7bjisuRsUbr7sF > Those who question global warming have a financial or emotional > interest in the status quo. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Coblist mailing list > Coblist at deatech.com > http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist > > > End of Coblist Digest, Vol 5, Issue 59 > ************************************** >
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