building materials (was Re: [LINK] fibre distance issues?)

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 10:07:55AM +1000, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Adobe is actually an ideal "arid zone" building material if you're not 
> earthquake-prone. 

and australia is very geologically stable.

> Or hell, if we want to insist on modern materials (because there will
> always be some people screaming "racist" if you suggest alternative
> techniques for aborigines), then autoclaved concrete blocks are
> cheaper to transport and better insulators...

the only people who would scream 'racist' are those suffering from
the delusion that strawbale and/or mudbrick is inferior to mainstram
building materials - instead of being vastly superior.

it's what smart, environmentally-conscious owner-builders use to
build their houses.

craig

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