This is another interesting product brought to us by Serious Materials. They also make QuietRock which is soundproof, making it ideal for the home theater enthusiast.
I haven’t seen EcoRock yet. I’d like to try it but at about $18 per sheet, it’s too rich for me. Sounds good though; it’s made out of 80% “post-industrial waste products” so it’s green, green, green. It can also earn you 8 points towards LEED 2009 certification.
But then again, there’s the price thing…
Here’s the thing I’m not quite getting. They say it hangs and tapes and floats like drywall. But rather than being covered with paper, it’s got what they call a “coated glass mat”. I just don’t see drywall compound sticking real well. Could be wrong though.
Anything would be an improvement over that tainted Chinese drywall used in Florida not so long ago. When are we going to learn to stop buying junk from them. Toys, toothpaste, drywall, they’re out to get us, I tell you!
Monday, 1. June 2009
da best. Keep it going! Thank you
Saturday, 4. July 2009
Kelly,
I hope you are enjoying your cheap drywall when the planet is a cinder.
Change must begin now to save the planet.
Monday, 6. July 2009
David, I understand your emotional stance, but speaking economically, I only have so much money. I’d love to use it if you pay for it.
Besides, all the doom and gloom has yet to be proven. The science presented is junk science, or only partially presented at best. I keep hearing about global warming, but we’ve been in a cooling trend for the past few years. And that’s a scientific fact. Don’t things have to get warmer to become a “cinder”?
Even National Geographic is now speculating that we’re entering a mini ice age.
So I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just want proof, not emotion.
Wednesday, 30. September 2009
Hi Kelly,
I understand your hesitation to invest in ecorock because of its cost but I cannot understand your hesitation to accept the vast amount of scientists that proclaim that global warming is real and that it is happening.
I am a student at Dalhousie University in Halifax and global warming is discussed in nearly all my classes. In fact, as far as I can tell, this issue is addressed in nearly all universities across North America (even in oil-centric places like Calgary and Edmonton) if not the world…
So, you ask for proof of climate change…
Facts:
Carbon dioxide (CO2) traps heats radiating from the Earth.
Amount of CO2 in atmosphere has fluctuated throughout Earth’s history.
Temperature correlates with carbon dioxide levels (because CO2 traps heat)
Amount of CO2 in atmosphere has never been higher than it is right now.
CO2 arrives in the atmosphere through the combustion of fossil fuels (as well as many other ways - disturbing soils, burning wood, making drywall and concrete etc.
Weather is a complex subject (when was the last time your weatherman was correct in his 7-day forecast?) - this illustrates that problem that you brought up regarding the possible mini-ice age. When it comes to forecasting the weather in any sort of long term range, we just cannot do it, for there are far too many variables (i.e. the butterfly effect). The overall trend is likely a global warming but some areas could actually become cooler.
We just don’t know exactly what will happen. We do know that change is coming - unless we change our self-destructive ways.
So, Kelly, please do not deride this issue. You have a forum to encourage discussion (and a beautiful website at that!). Open up and actively encourage a way of thinking and acting that is less destructive to our home. (And hopefully we won’t end up living on a cinder block!!!)
Wednesday, 2. December 2009
Thanks to the author for a good story. My opinion differs from yours, but I am willing to reconsider their views.
Thursday, 18. February 2010
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