Cargo Construction
Friday, March 5th, 2010Cargo Construction
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Why is Habitat for Humanity wasting so much??
They use new construction materials like trees, etc. when they could be using recycles cargo containers and pallets. What do you think? Open Minded people only!!!
I'm breaking down you're entire question, cause I'm open-minded.
1) Using trees to create construction materials creates income, jobs, and allows new growth of timber to come in and keep the ecosystem they are growing on in balance. Also, 90% of the ares where plantations of yellow pine are located did not use to be forested. They were cotton plantations, but then later converted in forest plantations after thousands of acres of cotton were lost to an insect, which completely ruined the economy for cotton. It does more good for the environment by keeping trees growing there for 25 years, then cutting them down for materials. Plus, in pines, trees only do the most efficient work at collecting and storing carbon during their young years. The older they get, the less absorbing they do. So which is better?
2) Recycled cargo containers are an awesome idea, one which I may even pursue when I go to build my first home. However, building codes and such in the United States would have to be completely rewritten in order to support recycled cargo containers. Plus, the developers (who really put a lot of money and investment into the economy) would lose, and we would be in an even worse hell than we are now I believe.
3) Pallets are not necessarily the best building material you can use. Even though it would be good to recycle them for building, that is not what pallets were designed for. Pallet material comes off of the slabs of the logs, which is mostly sap-wood which is younger and not strong compared to the heart-wood which 2x4's and such come from. You endanger lives when you use sap-wood for building material. Notice how it's not long before pallets break apart and wither away?