At 02:36 PM 5/21/2002 -0400, Dick Glick wrote: >>>> Hello Peter -- Have been in contact at one time with someone who wanted to grow bamboo in Honduras and also -- I think in Nicaragua -- these all fell through. Besides having problems growing bamboo, if the giant bamboo can be grown -- My reading on bamboo appears to indicate that the value of the giant species, particularly at the stage when the bamboo can substitute for lumber, is best used for construction purposes. But, then, I admit that my prejudices against burning are exposed. Thanks Dick and Tom -- more than I ever expected Dick!! Peter Singfield / Belize - Gasification List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/gasification/200202/ Gasification List Moderator: Tom Reed, Biomass Energy Foundation, Reedtb2@cs.com www.webpan.com/BEF List-Post: <mailto:gasification@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:gasification-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gasification-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gasification-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Gasification List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Gasification Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon