[Strawbale] Anti Cement Folks

[Patrick Hearn]

It never ceases to amaze me that when anyone mentions cement that  
everyone goes on and on about how it is the root of all evils. Well  
it isn't. When we talk about cement stucco every limehead forgets  
that there is one part cement, two parts lime and six parts sand. Now  
if that isn't a lime stucco with a cement additive I don't know what  
it is. Furthermore, when people talk about cement stucco failures  
they forget to mention that it was placed on and forgotten whereas  
lime stucco must be tended to every few years or it will also fail.

If we are going to compare products, please compare all components of  
the materials life cycle

Flaxstraw