Comments on: New Recyclable & Biodegradable Building Material Based On Plant Starches Developed

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:27:00 +0000

No Bob, It’s just Information, and all for FREE, sorry about that.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 07:14:00 +0000

My web skills are pathetic. You’re making me feel good about myself.

From what I can tell you’re trying to get people to pay you money in order to get the basics of this ferro-foam building approach.

Not interested.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 07:06:00 +0000

Do a Google search or click on this if it dosn’t turn into gobbledygook http://goo.gl/hAchxB and Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=8132924&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile or
link to me on Skype at *ergodesk*

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By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 06:52:00 +0000

That ‘about me’ page is a mess. Do you have a good web site?

Might it be the http gobbledygook at the bottom of your post?

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 06:46:00 +0000

An ironic surprise Polystyrene is a product of Nat Gas and petroleum, but any energy expended in the production of wood lumber is is only a very small fraction of that producing a EPS Composite Home. This alone weights heavily in favour of Polystyrene materials.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 06:03:00 +0000

A regular wood framed house has a 8″ thick concrete foundation. This quanity of concrete will supply 3 EPS Composite builds of the same size.

The EPS used for framing is also the Insulation and it’s double the R-Value of regular wood framed construction. The real value is, EPS is 98% Air, so transportation is easy and less expensive and it will last for 1000’s of years, when encased in the concrete shell. The cost in materials and labour is unparalleled in the industry. http://about.me/ergodesk

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By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:48:00 +0000

I find all sorts of building technologies interesting and I suspect we’ll come up with panelized building techniques that work really well. But have you look at the GHG footprint of the thin-shell concrete approach?

I’m not suggesting it’s higher than standard construction techniques but concrete is one of our major GHG producers. And the foam pellets/board is made with pentane, a product derived from petroleum (think carbon that used to be sequestered).

And, standing up for wood, a mature tree that reaches the end of it’s life may be rotted back to atmospheric carbon in a decade. If harvested and embedded in a building that carbon might stay out of the carbon cycle for a couple of years.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:27:00 +0000

Not sure if you are kidding now but, most recent disaster have destroyed new homes and we are using wood that should be left in the forest to do what you suggest., not be cut down. I suggest we use Air and Thin-Shell Concrete for rebuilding. https://www.udemy.com/constructing-super-insulated-passive-net-zero-homes/

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:20:00 +0000

Well, it is the case that we’ve used a lot of our old growth trees but second, third, fourth, etc. generation is fine for construction.

And when we build a building with wood we are sequestering carbon for the life of the building.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:14:00 +0000

We need TREES in our quest to recover from Global Warming. Wood is very poor quality today so we must look for alternative materials.

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By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:09:00 +0000

Well, thanks, but I still don’t know why wood is bad for construction.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:28:00 +0000

I like your honesty Bob.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 04:05:00 +0000

Well, I try to lie as little as possible. But when I must I pretty much lie wherever I need to.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:31:00 +0000

I;m just guessing but you probably lie by the river.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:25:00 +0000

Pine and Doug fir that I cut and milled on my property.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:18:00 +0000

Was your window trim MDF?

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:10:00 +0000

No, can’t say I’ve seen that happening.

I just went over and tried to take a bite out of my window trim. Wasn’t at all like cotton candy. More like rock candy.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:34:00 +0000

Bob, have noticed lately that Climate Change has been destroying wooden houses like you eat cotton candy? It’s the same idea.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:27:00 +0000

Wood is bad for construction? ‘splain that to me.

By: ergodesk

ergodesk — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:23:00 +0000

Wood is Bad for construction, this is worse.