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Author Message David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1715 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018 - 12:02 pm:    Support your own planet and only specify Earth-made products! David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 1173 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018 - 12:10 pm:    You may get a visit by the Men in Black if you're not careful. Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 657 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018 - 12:31 pm:    Is there a LEED point related to that? Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 420 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, August 31, 2018 - 01:16 pm:    This would be a difficult specification to enforce. Some astrogeologists now think water on earth was carried here by comets, and various meteors and interstellar dust have contributed minerals. It will take a special testing laboratory and chain of custody system to verify terrestrial origin. I have founded a new program to publish standards and manage a Earth Made certification program. I call it, Make Earth Great Again (MEGA). For a limited time only, you can become a Founding Member and enjoy the privileges to which you are theretofore entitled for the into-this-world price of $1000 payable to me. Come on fellow earthlings, sign up today. ------- One more thought... If the materials used by Architectural Mailboxes were extracted in China, their slogan could be, "Made OF China on Earth." Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1758 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2018 - 04:23 pm:    Or maybe it simply means they are made on the ground, rather than up in the air. David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP Senior Member Username: david_axt Post Number: 1716 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2018 - 04:37 pm:    I once ordered something from Neptune. The price was good but the shipping charges were astronomical and it to YEARS for the item to arrive! David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP Specifications Consultant Axt Consulting LLC Chris Grimm, CSI, CCS, SCIP, LEED AP BD+C Senior Member Username: chris_grimm_ccs_scip Post Number: 420 Registered: 02-2014 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 02:15 pm:    To date I am not aware of adequate product representation and manufacturers’ field services for any products from other planets. That would have to change before I would specify them, and it is apparently a huge hurdle for such manufacturers at this point. For now, we just have some mineral samples in exclusive locations for viewing. And you can sample a pan galactic gargle blaster via some kind of online recipe. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 422 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 06:48 pm:    If the specification requires a product to be "made on earth," would you accept a substitution for a product made on a ship out at sea? Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru David R. Combs, Assoc. AIA, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: davidc Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2015 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 07:23 pm:    I don't know . . . they look like pretty good products to me. Products from Mercury David R. Combs, Assoc. AIA, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Associate Principal Technical Director Lynn Javoroski FCSI CCS LEED® AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 2165 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 08:57 pm:    We have Mercury Marine here in Wisconsin, so we have both covered. From Mercury, but made in Wisconsin - theoretically on Earth. David R. Combs, Assoc. AIA, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: davidc Post Number: 10 Registered: 02-2015 Posted on Friday, September 07, 2018 - 06:38 am:    I can see it now: Saturn Building Products - We Run Rings Around the Competition. David R. Combs, Assoc. AIA, CSI, CCCA, LEED AP Associate Principal Technical Director Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 423 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Friday, September 07, 2018 - 01:38 pm:    I make effective use of Brown 25, "another fine product from Uranus." Represented by Putney Swope, see https://thomaspluck.com/2012/09/25/ads-gone-brought-to-by-brown-25/ Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 658 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Friday, September 07, 2018 - 03:54 pm:    I live in the Upper Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. Besides the frequent general spaciness, nearby are Mars, Saturn and Uranus Streets. It is hilly here, so there are also Saturn Steps and Vulcan Steps, which are staircase streets.