Are the rice hulls the same as the "germ" ?
James On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema wrote: > > > > it'll be sent to a mill. Products are rice and bran, husks are waste. > > > Should be FFTA. Unless they've found some by-product use for them > > > there. > > > Some straw-bale builders are using (unburnt!) rice husks for > ceiling/attic > insulation. It blows in like cellulose, and the high silica content > makes > it fairly fire-retardant. I've heard somebody mixed hulls into their > 'mud' > (earthen plaster) to seal the strawbale walls. For those who are > interested, raw wool is another great insulator for ceilings/attics,but > it > doesn't blow in. > > US rice mills will generally want to give you large quantities (a dump > truck full) but don't like to mess with smaller quantities when it comes > to > hulls. > > ...and that's more eco-trivia to fill your noggin... > HeidiWD > > > "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that > we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only > unpatriotic and servile, but also treasonable to the American public." > - Theodore Roosevelt, 1918 > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > click here > [rand=121297097] > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
