Straw (and Hemp) House Survives the Test of Hurricane-force Winds
source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/straw-house-built.php
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Rupesh_Pawani [removed]
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It can take multiple decades for a tree to grow to a size needed to mill it into usable lumber. While there are aspects of home construction that can use wafer, chip and cdx replacements, the bulk of your home is lumber, 2x4 and 2x6.
Lumber must be cut, milled and trucked to the local market, where it is further trucked to the site. Often times lumber has traveled hundreds of miles to get to your home.
All other environmental considerations aside, simply the amount of CO2 put into the air just to get the lumber to your hardware store makes wood a poor building choice in our world today.
http://www.greenliving9.com/eco-friendly-houses.html - 1 year ago
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SpencerTreeGarden
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Beautiful design.
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wally60
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i have built 2 straw houses live in the second one love them we use adobe for interior walls use no heating or cooling in this one.if i can help anyone let me know i like to spread the word.
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Robotic091
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and less wood used, too? nice
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Robotic091
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llamamuffins
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I want one...we get so many hurricanes down here it's insane. Plus it would make such a cute art studio~
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llamamuffins
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artemis6
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Perfect for me .
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Joe_Medina
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SEE! Marijuana is useful!
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Joe_Medina
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nursediesel
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Want one!
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nursediesel
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lifestudentno83
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I would expect nothing less from a substance known as one of the strongest fiber known to man. However, smoking it is useless, so don't tear your hemp house down to get high.
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zichi [removed]
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lifestudentno83: This comment was removed as a violation of community guidelines.
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lifestudentno83
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zichi:
It is still one of the strongest fibers known to man, even if it is not as strong as silk.
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Darevalo
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i want a hemp house...
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Darevalo
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Darevalo
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Darevalo:
pretty
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Darevalo
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Darevalo
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Darevalo:
please?
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Darevalo
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Armageddon_Now
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That would be the best house fire ever.
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Darevalo
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Armageddon_Now
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Darevalo:
I was talking about the straw, hippie.
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Armageddon_Now:
oh. my bad.
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Conniepae
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News we could use, but alas don't hear from mainstream media. Why? "Reefer Madness" run amuck?
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Conniepae
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Still_Falling
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Update:
Straw (and Hemp) House Survives the Test of Hurricane-force Winds and then was immediately torn down rolled into doobies and smoked by a band of marauding hippies.
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Still_Falling:
and they didn't get high
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CarlosBobthe3rd:
nor could they have ever been able to, considering the thc content of hemp is WELL below the amount to get a person "faded" (but you knew that... this is for the others who do not know)
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Darevalo
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CarlosBobthe3rd
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Nice here is a video I found about it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXENyQwfvlM - 2 years ago
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