Re: Coir
Richard Marsden (marsden@digicon-egr.co.uk)
Wed, 21 Aug 96 8:32:44 BST
> Ah yes, but in my opinion it is better to use up our North Sea Oil
> reserves than our peat bogs. At least hundreds (maybe thousands) of
> metres below the ocean there are no CP's. I know you live in the UK,
> but most people on the list live in the US. I suspect the
> transportation of peat to America uses the same amount of fuel than
> transporting _compressed_ bricks (that take up about 1/5 of the amount
> of room as the finished product) from Sri Lanka.
Ship fuel oil tends to be low grade stuff - its where your recycled oil
goes...
*Now* its better for people like me who have to dispose of old engine and
gear oil in reasonable quantities (my "car" - an ex-Gurkha Land Rover is older
than me!) at the local dump (for recycling for ship oil) than to throw it
in the garden...
(The use of peat in the British Isles is also a major environmental issue)
Richard (my own opinions,etc)