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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=brian@brianwaite....uk href="mailto:brian@brianwaite....uk">Brian
Waite</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=strawbale@amper....muni.cz
href="mailto:strawbale@amper....muni.cz">European strawbale building
discussions</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:50 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Strawbale] RV: [Paja] Datos sobre una bala de
paja</DIV></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2> It is argued by some more qualified than
myself that because carbon is locked into the straw during its growth, that
carbon is effectively “banked” thereby offsetting the carbon in the other
building materials so that a strawbale building can have a<SPAN
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face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2>zero or even negative carbon rating. This line
of reasoning seems to me to be more valid than the "offsets" used to cancel out
our extravagancies with token gestures.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=2><SPAN
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size=2>Another plus for SB: Research is now showing that because farmers are not
allowed to burn off straw, and</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <FONT size=2>have to plough
it back into the soil, this is creating a problem with soil fertility inasmuch
as straw needs fungal action for it to decompose and there is now an excess of
fungi building up in the soil, year by year, seriously depleting its’ fertility.
Brian <A
href="http://www.strawbalehouse.co.uk">www.strawbalehouse.co.uk</A><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=zmuida@gmail... href="mailto:zmuida@gmail...">Laimis Zmuida</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=strawbale@amper....muni.cz
href="mailto:strawbale@amper....muni.cz">European strawbale building
discussions</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 02, 2007 5:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Strawbale] RV: [Paja] Datos
sobre una bala de paja</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello,<BR><BR>It's hard to make exact calcullations, because it
is very complex phenomenon. But there are some approximate figures. It is
called embodied energy.<BR><BR>Here are the tables:<BR><BR>With straw:<BR><A
href="http://www.canadianarchitect.com/asf/perspectives_sustainibility/measures_of_sustainablity/measures_of_sustainablity_embodied.htm">http://www.canadianarchitect.com/asf/perspectives_sustainibility/measures_of_sustainablity/measures_of_sustainablity_embodied.htm</A><BR><BR>Without
straw:<BR><A
href="http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs31.htm">http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/fs31.htm</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>Laimis
Zmuida<BR>Straw bale buildings in Lithuania - <A
href="http://blogas.lt/siaudunamai">http://blogas.lt/siaudunamai</A><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>2007/11/2, Rikki Nitzkin <<A
href="mailto:rikkinitzkin@earthlink...">rikkinitzkin@earthlink...</A>>:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I
have gotten a request for exact figures on<BR>-how much energy is spent in
producing a bale<BR>-how much CO2 is produced by it<BR><BR>can anyone
help?<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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