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<FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hello Martin,<BR>
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I say the testimony is in the buildings themselves. The various straw bale books show buildings that are 108, (2) 104+/-, 90, 86, 83, 74, and 73 years old. These are only the buildings commonly published (not sure how many more, if any(?), are out there). Straw, as a cellulose-based material (like wood) will last indefinitely if kept dry and away from harm of fire and (some) insects. Note that many of the buildings in the 73-108 age range were built crudely by today’s standard, yet there they stand.<BR>
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Cheers.<BR>
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(the other) Martin<BR>
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On 6/14/11 10:33 AM, "M Oehlmann" <<a href="moulinduroz@gmail.com">moulinduroz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>greetings from Werner Schmidt. He is definitly on ease with big-bale construction but much less with English, so I transmit the following question:<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Are there testimonies or references in some of the master or PhD-thesis about the durability of straw-bale buildings such as those in Nebrasca and elsewhere?<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>He needs some reference for a local banker who needs some references for his files. <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>It could be in French also.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Thanks a lot and all the best from Brittany,<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="4"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>Martin Oehlmann<BR>
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