Re: The future of SB housing?

[Huff and Puff Constructions <huffnpuff@shoal.net.au>]

G'Day Strawdamus Old Mate

We all knew you would be back one day.  Your predictions are likely to 
happen but in the mean time according to DEsert Dave which is according 
to USDOE the good old USA will be building some 38 million new buildings 
in the next 10 years some 50% more buildings than already exist in the 
good old USA today.  Reference Building Codes, you all know the 
publication that I am talking about.

So Strawdamus we had better look now as to what these 38 million, plus 
the million or so new homes down under, {I guess that we should include 
the rest of the world, and Canada, someone would know how many homes are 
to be built world wide in the next decade), that are going to be built 
and what are we going to build them with.  Sure SBC works as a catalyst 
in people's thinking and maybe they will use some form of alternative 
building technique but until we get the technology in a form that is 
CHEAPER because CHEAP is the best catalyst for brain waves to react on, 
then SBC will not become mainstream.

Bob Bolles has found a pump that will pump on clay/chaff renders a major 
step forward IMHO, get back to you soon Bob, which is a good example of 
the next step forward.  So we are all pioneers in this and we need to be 
patient as Rome was not built in a day.  We are still working on the 
tilt-up straw panel and one day we will get the prototype up and built. 
 But you all know what happens to pioneers they get swallowed by the 
undergrowth.

For what it is worth I believe that we are all making a difference but 
we need to get a move on, the planet's resources are being exploited at 
a rate that is clearly unsustainable, and by us mob and not those that 
really need them.

Back soon.

The Straw Wolf
http://strawbale.archinet.com.au
61 2 4465 1624