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Although we all can agree that more environmentally sensitive materials should be promoted, not all can agree on the GUIDELINES that select one MATERIAL over another IN meeting that goal. Your list above lacks the most important consideration, what material(s) will result in meeting the greatest ENVIRONMENTALLY sensitive outcomes in total if considered applied over a time scale CONSISTENT with CONTINUOUS land use types? How ECONOMICAL is bamboo in wet climates if it hs to be replaced (along with every other part of the structure) every 10 years? Same with cotton insulation. Perhaps this is why we see INCONSISTENCIES in your diagram above where concrete is suggested and ENVIRONMENTALLY sensitive in roofing, and not not in walls. Could any of us really suggest straw bales as insulation in a slum in the Philippines, vietnam, Congo, south aFRICA OR nEPAL CONSIDERING THAT THE LOT IT IS TO BE BUILT ON SHOULD PROVIDE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEXT 200 YEARS?
yOU ALSO IGNORE COMMON SENSE. tHESE MATERIALS YOU SUGGEST AS SOMEHOW “BETTER” HAVE BEEN AROUND A VERY LONG TIME, THEIR USE WELL UNDERSTOOD, INFORMATION AS TO THEIR APPLICATION SIMPLY TRANSFERRED AND ARE UNDER SELECTED BY PEOPLE NEARLY UNIVERSALLY. i REJECT THEY DO SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME UNSTATED DISLIKE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT INSTEAD, ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE NOT PROVIDED SOLUTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SITUATIONS BUILDERS AND OWNERS FIND THEMSELVES IN.