Bright side of the Puyehue eruption: volcanic ash bricks and natural insecticides

Monday, June 4th 2012 - 22:38 UTC

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Argentine scientists developed bricks and are analyzing the possibility of making natural insecticides with the ashes from the Chilean Puyehue volcano eruption which this month a year ago covered several cities in Patagonia and caused millions of dollars losses, sources of the University that coordinates the studies announced. Read full article

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Condorito
I like it. That is ingenuity. I wonder if we can charge royalties on the Chilean ash.
Jun 04th, 2012 - 10:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
I see they have made a start on Christina's pumice dildo rack!
Jun 04th, 2012 - 11:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Great Argentine inventiveness, of the kind some idiots say doesn't exist =)
Jun 05th, 2012 - 01:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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stick up your junta
Great Argentine inventiveness, of the kind some idiots say doesn't exist

Yes but you lazy fuckers wait for it to be dumped on your lap
Jun 05th, 2012 - 07:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Garrett Connelly
Low cost roof for the emergency shelter

http://www.ferrocement.com/Shelter-2010/post-1_5-2010.html

http://www.ferrocement.com/Shelter-2010/post-1_5-2010.html
Jun 05th, 2012 - 12:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Martin Woodhead
Amazining they found something to do with that ash.
Shed loads of it ended up in the falklands in 1991.
Must be appalling being closer to a volcano
Jun 05th, 2012 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
After refusing to abide by a binding international award giving the Beagle Islands to Chile, the Argentine Junta pursued the controversy to the brink of war in 1978 in order to produce a maritime boundary consistent with Argentine claims. Even his holiness the Pope proposed a solution that was accepted by Chile but rejected by the Argentine government.

Perhaps the Chilean eruption was devine intervention...
Jun 05th, 2012 - 06:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Simon68
Strangely enough this invention was actually made by some people in Salta several years ago and has been plagiarized by the rionegrino investigators!!!!
Jun 06th, 2012 - 05:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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