Posted on 11/23/2012 1:13:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
You all need to read the article. Wood is a very durable material and under many circumstances will last longer than steel and concrete.
“Anything that they promote shouldn’t even be given a moments serious debate.”
“Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.”
I agree with you on being skeptical of anything the environmentalists promote. However, just because they advocate something for spurious reasons does not mean that thing is necessarily bad or even wrong.
Just as the environmentalist is often “spring-loaded” to the “Eco/Sustainable” position, we conservatives are sometimes spring-loaded to automatically reject ANYTHING which the environmentalist advocates.
The environmentalist looks naive & often foolish whenever he breathlessly endorses anything with “Eco” or “Ecology” attached to the name or description. However the definition of Ecology, “The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings”, apples very well to a septic tank.
Both sides need to evaluate ideas & programs on their own merit, not strictly on whether they are being promoted by red, blue, Dem, Rep, Black, White, North South, Urban or Rural.
As my grandmother used to tell me, “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.”
You’re neglecting the presence of concret structural support. Concrete and steel was marketed as being almost fireproof in comparison to wood frame commercial buildings, and by comparison it was.
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