Re: SB: email correction for Darrel

[Marcus Hardwick <marcus1@sonic.net>]

Okay Bill, here's another correction. Darrel's gotten away from Time-Warner AOL
and changed his ISP. The current email address I have for him is:  
	Darrel DeBoer <darrel2@USA.NET>

To Eric and all: I agree with the idea of combining straw and bamboo. After all,
bamboo is a giant grass. There are some bamboo resources available on the net
that might lead one to further information. The Hawaiian chapter of the American
Bamboo Society has a good web site:    http://www.hawaiibamboosociety.org/    
where they have some of Oscar Hildago's construction manual online (in Spanish
but with good illustrations )    
http://www.bamboonursery.com/pdf_newsetup/h_11.pdf

There aren't very many folks working in both bamboo and straw. Darrel is a
notable exception. Two obstacles in many parts of the world, such as most of
North America and Europe, are unfriendly building officials and basic lack of
material. The building official part is being worked on and is mostly a matter
of education and some testing (much like strawbale). However, unlike baled
straw, timber bamboo is in short supply. Most of what I've seen available at
retail in NoCalif comes from halfway around the world. Not exactly a local
material. That is beginning to change. There are a few people setting up bamboo
farms producing edible shoots and some culms (canes) that can be useful for
building. This will take some time to develop though as people with an interest
in growing bamboo commercially are reluctant to invest time and money to produce
a crop when the market for it is uncertain. 

Pioneers needed: If you have some land available and a good source of water you
might want to consider starting a bamboo farm. There is a discussion list on the
subject at: 
   bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
What we need most to be able to combine bamboo with straw for construction is a
plentiful supply of bamboo timber. 

Marcus



Athena and Bill Steen wrote:
> 
> Actually it's not for bamboo but rather for the references I posted earlier.
> 
> Spelling is Darrel DeBoer rather than DeBorer.  Once again I stand corrected
> by Chinese Linguist Rob Tom, specialist with Barbarian names.
> 
> B...
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