http://hypocentral.com/blog/2009/08/12/wrong-rock/ Greek: proposals, suppositions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://hypocentral.com/blog/2009/08/12/wrong-rock/#comment-248 Wrong Rock II « Hypo-theses Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:21:49 +0000 http://hypocentral.com/blog/?p=663#comment-248 [...] before I head of to Dublin, there is just time for the latest instalment of “Wrong Rock“. Last Time I discussed a church that had a new extension being built in a rock type that [...] [...] before I head of to Dublin, there is just time for the latest instalment of “Wrong Rock“. Last Time I discussed a church that had a new extension being built in a rock type that [...]

]]> http://hypocentral.com/blog/2009/08/12/wrong-rock/#comment-216 David Williams Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:26:53 +0000 http://hypocentral.com/blog/?p=663#comment-216 Greetings. Ian, thanks for mentioning my blog about building stone. I like the idea of stone miles. It does amaze me how far stone travels, especially as you note, when there's a perfectly fine quarry only 500 meters away. I am guessing that few people have any clue where the stone, say in their granite countertop, comes from. When I was doing research on building stone in Seattle, I was told by someone that the stone they used was made specially for them! Others simply thought all of it came from Italy. After all, isn't that where all the good stone comes from? Furthermore, what those folks didn't know was that their stone might have been quarried in Finland then shipped to Italy where it was cut before getting sent all the way to Seattle. I do hope that people will start to consider the amount of resources needed to ship stone. As I wrote, my new line is “Prevent the Reuniting of Gondwanaland; Don’t Ship Stone.” Cheers, David Greetings. Ian, thanks for mentioning my blog about building stone. I like the idea of stone miles. It does amaze me how far stone travels, especially as you note, when there’s a perfectly fine quarry only 500 meters away. I am guessing that few people have any clue where the stone, say in their granite countertop, comes from. When I was doing research on building stone in Seattle, I was told by someone that the stone they used was made specially for them! Others simply thought all of it came from Italy. After all, isn’t that where all the good stone comes from? Furthermore, what those folks didn’t know was that their stone might have been quarried in Finland then shipped to Italy where it was cut before getting sent all the way to Seattle. I do hope that people will start to consider the amount of resources needed to ship stone. As I wrote, my new line is “Prevent the Reuniting of Gondwanaland; Don’t Ship Stone.” Cheers,
David

]]> http://hypocentral.com/blog/2009/08/12/wrong-rock/#comment-215 John Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:46:57 +0000 http://hypocentral.com/blog/?p=663#comment-215 On the subject of stone miles, I was pretty shocked to find that the granite I bought for my garden steps came from India and the slate in my hall floor from Brazil. Norway is pretty much made of granite and slate! Yet the difference in labour costs means it is economically more viable to ship this stuff around the World than to source it locally. Seems like madness to me! On the subject of stone miles, I was pretty shocked to find that the granite I bought for my garden steps came from India and the slate in my hall floor from Brazil. Norway is pretty much made of granite and slate! Yet the difference in labour costs means it is economically more viable to ship this stuff around the World than to source it locally.
Seems like madness to me!

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