On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:24, you wrote:
Hello Everyone!
There's a lot of ignorance about energy issues out there. I suppose
people in forums like this one have a LOT of educating to do. . .
robert luis rabello
Totally agree. I built my own house (with the help of contractors)
I am not arguing that in some parts of the US, pallets may be a one time
use, but in my part of Texas, there is a $10 deposit per pallet on
hardwood pallets. You can still scrounge good pallets, but it is
getting harder.
I have a floor made of OSB on pallets, works great. [temporary living
Hello Robert!
Welcome back. I hope you're receiving messages okay now. Please let
me know if you have any problems.
Re wasted wood, I picked this up somewhere or other, for the US, not
Canada: In 1999, for instance, 7.5 million tons of wooden pallets -
platforms associated with shipping -
Hi Robert,
Building houses is always a special experience. I always said that if your
marriage survives a building project, it survives almost
anything.
I inserted some comments,
At 10:24 PM 11/23/2002 -0800, you wrote:
Hello Everyone!
It's been five months since I've been able to post
I have found statistics that say for every three new houses built, one
goes in the landfill, labor being more expensive than materials. This
being true, many of us have figured out how to build with the landfill
materials. There is a list dedicated to this topic,
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One man
Keith Addison wrote:
Re wasted wood, I picked this up somewhere or other, for the US, not
Canada: In 1999, for instance, 7.5 million tons of wooden pallets -
platforms associated with shipping - went into the solid waste
stream, accounting for over 60 percent of all wood waste. And:
There
Only in America!!!
I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not think that
it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see reason
for some pallets to be made of hardwood, but they should be guarded and
reused. But this irresponsible behavior cannot be
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From: Hakan Falk
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:37 AM
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snippo
Even the fast growing teak, developed mainly in
central and south America, takes at least 2-4 the time to mature
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snippo
Even the fast growing teak, developed mainly in
central and south America, takes at least 2-4 the time to mature as pine
trees and it is questionable if it is still hardwood. The fast growing
teak
is softer, but still have the natural
Just went to the seminar with Ianto Evans promoting his book The Hand
Sculpted House and it was excellent. He showed pics of what a stick
frame built house looks like after mother nature takes over and what a cob
structure looks like (very organic, mud back to mud). I started reading
some of
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shawn Zenor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 06:37 AM, Hakan Falk wrote:
Only in America!!!
snip
Hardwood is mostly a tropical or sub tropical tree and how can US use
this
for pallets and at the same time be upset about the deforestation
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 12:17 PM, Neil and Adele Craven wrote:
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From: Hakan Falk
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Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:37 AM
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snippo
Even the fast growing teak, developed mainly
: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:38 AM
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Only in America!!!
I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not think that
it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see reason
for some pallets
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Hakan Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert,
Keith talked about hardwood pallets in US land fills as six per American.
This means nearly 2 billion hardwood pallets in land fills. The shear size
of this made me quite upset. I know that the Americans are second best in
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Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:38 AM
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Only in America!!!
I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not think that
it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see reason
for some
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Slayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting I was just thinking about this while up in Berkley and seeing
all the lonely pallets just lying around. It's a shame. I don't know
home much of the industry still contiunes to use hardwood pallets, but
there is a
24, 2002 10:38 AM
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Only in America!!!
I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not think
that
it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see
reason
for some pallets
] Back Online
Only in America!!!
I was not aware of that US made pallets of hardwood and did not think
that
it could ever be a stupid luxury consumption like this. I can see
reason
for some pallets to be made of hardwood, but they should be guarded
and
reused
Hello Everyone!
It's been five months since I've been able to post here. My wife
and I have built a new house, and not only have I learned a lot about
the building process, I've been astonished at how much waste and
inefficiency goes into putting up a home.
1. Builders love concrete.
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