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Point taken. I admittedly was thinking of products like Icynene vs. straw, but it seems fossil fuels really are part of our entire world. On 12/10/2008 6:21 PM, Robert Riversong wrote: > --- On *Wed, 12/10/08, Michelle Smith Mullarkey /<[log in to unmask]>/* > wrote: > > * Fossil fuel is still used to manufacture and transport the > majority of green building products (not /natural /building > products such as straw bales)... * > > ** > *I'm afraid that fossil fuels are used for the production of most > straw and since some of it is coming from Canada, there's also > transportation costs. "Natural" building materials are not necessarily > immune from the environmental costs of other materials. * >