I guess I'm lucky here also there are mines for the lime and cement I
use near town so there is not a wasteful transport emmision cost
involved here.
Ken
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@...>
wrote:
>
> Picture a papercrete builder that uses the worst source of cement,
> trucked half way across the country, and uses very cement rich
> mixes. Is this the worst possible scenario for Carbon Dioxide in
> papercrete construction?
>
> As long as that worst case builder builds a very energy efficient
> house, the TOTAL CO2 emmisions associated with that house over its
> life span will be minimal.
>
> Compare it to the horribly energy wasteful houses that are usually
> built. There are often megatons of carbon dioxide that are emitted
> to create the excess energy required to heat and cool standard
homes.
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