Re: Wes - RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Ryan Keith wrote: And there are people who demand to know: What's all this off-topic political crap got to do with BIOFUELS???, which usually turns out to be another way of saying they disagree with it and want it censored. Keith, I for one will put in my 2 cents and say quite honestly

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-08 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Chris hi, keith. i have my own 'issues' with the big enviro groups. http://www.sacbee.com/news/projects/environment/index02.html Environment, Inc. http://counterpunch.org/donnelly05242005.html Michael Donnelly: May 24, 2005 Behind the Green(back) Curtain

Re: Wes - RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-08 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Keith, Friends, Thursday, 07 July, 2005, 17:19:26, you wrote: ...snip... You will notice that Keith, for instance, seems to offer solutions. KA ... thanks for saying so! Though not always, I can be negative too KA where necessary, but I do try to point to alternatives. More than KA that

Re: Wes - RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-08 Thread r
You're welcome. Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ryan Keith wrote: And there are people who demand to know: What's all this off-topic political crap got to do with BIOFUELS???, which usually turns out to be another way of saying they disagree with it and want it censored. Keith, I

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Keith Addison
. Best Keith _Chris N - Original Message - From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Joe Street To: mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgBiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi Hakan; 100

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Richard Nitrogen-fixing trees. Nitrogen, is that part of soil nutrients? Yes, the main one. Allegedly. There's a better case for calcium though. Soil nutrients aren't quite the same as plant nutrients, though they should be - feed the soil, not the plant. The gospel of chemical

RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Wes Moore
: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Joe Street To: mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgBiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi Hakan; 100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting IS bad, I thought I made

RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Michael Redler
uphold.Or ignore.BestKeith_Chris N- Original Message -From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Joe StreetTo: <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:55 AMSubject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?Hi Hakan;100%

RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread John Wilson
ANSWER: None! My house is over one hundred years old. The orginal trees, if left would have been all killed by bark beetle or worse fire. The land they came from is still forest and has probably been cut several times since the house was built.. The paved road in front of the house has killed a

RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread john broderick
trees were killed to build your home ? Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 07:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Well done. Thanks Wes. I am often discouraged to the point of being overwhelmed by the struggle. I'm sure everyone in this forum has felt a wide range of emotions including outrage, guilt, sadness, inadequacy

john broderick - RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Keith Addison
john broderick wrote: Hi: I don't know where Keith got his information about trees depleting soil nutrients after 4 or 5 generations of trees. Aarghhh!!! Do you mind? That was NOT my information, Chris N posted that and I strongly disagreed and countered it. Please be more careful who

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Chris
o: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi:I don't know where Keith got his information about trees depleting soil nutrients after 4 or 5 generations of trees.I suggest that if

Re: Wes - RE: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread Ryan Hall
Keith wrote: And there are people who demand to know: "What's all this off-topic political crap got to do with BIOFUELS???", which usually turns out to be another way of saying they disagree with it and want it censored. Keith, I for one will put in my 2 cents and say quite honestly that I

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-07 Thread capt3d
hi, keith. i have my own 'issues' with the big enviro groups. but i have been quite impressed with one group as i learn more about them. that would be 'the nature conservancy'. (although, i should point out there was some sort of unsavory business a few years back wherein certain members of

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Joe Street
Hi Chris; <>Granted a mature forest supports a <>different ecology than a second growth but for instance studies have <>shown that there is more food for bears in a clearcut zone than there is in a mature forest. i don't see the relevance of

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Joe, Only a couple of complementary things, The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad for forest management. They eat the top of the newly planted trees. Clear cuts are also bad, since it often result in that the top soil is washed down the streams and over fertilize them.

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hakan Joe, Only a couple of complementary things, The Elk an Moose also like clear cut, but they are very bad for forest management. They eat the top of the newly planted trees. Clear cuts are also bad, since it often result in that the top soil is washed down the streams and over

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Joe, Chris Hi Chris; Granted a mature forest supports a different ecology than a second growth but for instance studies have shown that there is more food for bears in a clearcut zone than there is in a mature forest. i don't see the relevance of this. you could make the same

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Joe Street
Hi Hakan; 100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting IS bad, I thought I made that distinction. It is also true that clearcutting does not hurt bears or elk. Selective cutting and even the use of helicopters to remove the odd massive tree are being used which is normally cost

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread r
: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel? Something that requires

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Chris
: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi Hakan;100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting IS bad, I thought I made that distinction. It is also true that clearcutting does not hurt bears or elk. Selective cutting and even the use of helicopters to remove the odd

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi Hakan; 100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting IS bad, I thought I made that distinction. It is also true that clearcutting does not hurt bears or elk. Selective cutting and even the use of helicopters to remove

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-06 Thread r
- Original Message - From: Joe Street To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Hi Hakan; 100% in agreement with all of that. Clearcutting

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread
]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgDate: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:44:32 -0500Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? What about cast earth, and how would it compare to flyash concrete construction? - Original Message - From: Randall To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Chris
- Original Message - From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Joe Street
in a sustainable way, it would be all good. Chris K Cayce, SC - Original Message - From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread r
: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel? Something that requires a boatload of fossil fuels to smelt, sheet and press. Nice thing about renewables. They're renewable. And to a very large

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel? Something that requires a boatload of fossil fuels to smelt, sheet and press. Nice thing about

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
. Chris K Cayce, SC - Original Message - From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Appal Energy
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel? Something that requires a boatload of fossil fuels to smelt, sheet and press. Nice thing about

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread capt3d
hi, joe. a few counterpoints to some of your observations. Currently more forest area is lost to natural causes than logging. well, truly this is how it should be, so long as the 'natural' causes are not anomalously numerous due to 'unnatural' i.e. human-made environmental imbalances.

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Addison
- Original Message - From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? We do not live in the US. Would like to know what is this panasteel or recycled steel

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Randall
: Josephine Wee To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Ms. Nancy Canning We are interested in how one builds a house with recycled tires, dirt and stucco. where canI find

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Chris
, 2005 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? what about recycled tires. filled with dirt,then covered with stucco. Makes a mighty good building and is being used all over the southwest. - Original Message

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Appal Energy
@sustainablelists.org mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org *Sent:* Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:51 AM *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? what about recycled tires. filled with dirt, then covered with stucco. Makes a mighty good building and is being used

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Nancy Canning
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Ms. Nancy Canning We are interested in how one builds a house with recycled tires, dirt and stucco. where canI find a website showing this? \ thanks

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Ken Provost
on 7/4/05 7:28 AM, Nancy Canning at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: go to Google, type in recycled tire earth home and you have many of web pages, even designs for homes made from recycled tires filled with earth and then stucco over. It's a great energy efficient way to build. Ahhh, if only

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-04 Thread Nancy Canning
What about cast earth, and how would it compare to flyash concrete construction? - Original Message - From: Randall To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-03 Thread Josephine Wee
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? I just built a utility building using the recycled steel structure by Panasteel, and I didn't have to join a get-rich-quick scheme to do it. Chris

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-03 Thread Josephine Wee
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? what about recycled tires. filled with dirt,then covered with stucco. Makes a mighty good building and is being used all over the southwest. - Original Message - From: Chris

[Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-02 Thread
Have you ever wondered how many trees were killed to build your home ? Go to this link an see how many and what you can do to change that whether it be a garage or a stadium ?http://customsuperhomes.com/mykI would like to make that change for America, after viewing the information

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-02 Thread Debra
The link does not come up, something must be wrong with the address? Deborah Howard (new on the list) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: [Biofuel] How many trees were

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-02 Thread Chris
, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? Have you ever wondered how many trees were killed to build your home ? Go to this link an see

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-02 Thread robert luis rabello
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you ever wondered how many trees were killed to build your home ? Go to this link an see how many and what you can do to change that whether it be a garage or a stadium ? Having finished construction of my own house less than three years ago, and

Re: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ?

2005-07-02 Thread Nancy Canning
: [Biofuel] How many trees were killed to build your home ? I just built a utility building using the recycled steel structure by Panasteel, and I didn't have to join a get-rich-quick scheme to do it. Chris KCayce, SC - Original Message - From: [EMAIL