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	Eco Friendly Cob House

trilogy01

9-12-2008 5:32 PM

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green building, cob house

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9-13-2008 12:49 AM

tanyamm

Sounds like a good idea if you have lots of time on your hands. Unless of course someone starts mass producing the cob bricks then you just buy them and build.

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