Friday, January 23, 2009

Green Building Products

Recently I ran into a fairly old technology that was perfected. Which, I guess, makes it a new technology. It is the simple building block. It was formerly made out of cement. This one is made out of cement and recycled polystyrene (you know those white disposable cups that are used a lot for office coffee). The ration is 15% cement to 85% polystyrene. You can imagine how light these blocks are, of course making construction time quite a bit quicker. It is also noteworthy that these blocks have a higher "R" value, and they are cheaper per square foot of wall than common cement blocks. So they are cheaper, construction is more rapid, and they save energy - now that is a good combination of factors that will make the inventors very successful. The company is risking its IPO even in these economic times, because "the product is good for the world". Right now an associate is in the Middle East gathering interest - and there is a lot of interest being gathered. There is also considerable interest in the US. Fully automated manufacturing plants will be sprouting up all of the country in the next year or so. Our future is becoming greener all the time. Isn't that nice?

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Finally A Change

No matter one's political philosophy I think that all must admit that it was definitely time for a change in US leadership. To get a fresh and invigorated new beginning was important for all of us. Even I feel a little bit better now. The technologies so desperately needed to move forward a practical national agenda to promote renewable energies and avoid the environmental apocalypse are available. Our company has been active in promoting these technologies in various corners of the world. There is interest everywhere - except the United States where there seems to be a fear of stepping forward before someone else has tested them out. Now that is an odd way for Americans to act, wouldn't you agree? Hopefully, with a new national vitality our ability to risk success will re-emerge.