Re: Coir

Oliver T Massey CFS (massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu)
Wed, 21 Aug 1996 09:44:14 -0400 (EDT)

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> > 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.

> (The use of peat in the British Isles is also a major environmental issue)
>

Not that it is a big deal - but here I am responding :) - but I believe
most peat here in the US is Canadian, and is probably shipped by rail.
As for coir, I have never seen it, even though we have coconut palms
pretty close by.

Tom in Fl.

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