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Re: This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo b

jamie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:46 GMT

I couldn't agree more, so people might poo poo bamboo because it comes from china, even though organic cotton from california might be far less green - all

Re: This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo b

Jeffrey Hawkins — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:24 GMT

Re: "And it makes us easy targets of the right when they poke fun at our otherwise real concerns" Who says I'm not far-right? Yep. Pretty much all

Re: This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo b

conbrio53 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:17 GMT

Sorry, you're missing the point. I didn't say Mother Jones' point wasn't valid, it is slightly valid to wonder about how biogegradable clothes are, but 1.

Re: This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo b

Jeffrey Hawkins — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:43:04 GMT

I disagree. This is a valid issue. First, we absolutely should be concerned with the chemicals in our batteries. Just because we don't eat them doesn't mean

Re: This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo b

conbrio53 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:33:53 GMT

Dear F. Wayne, Thanks for this forward. This is an absurd piece of thinking on the part of Mother Jones. It's akin to people dissing electric cars because

This from Mother Jones re: A Cautionary Tale; Not About Bamboo but M

F. Wayne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:46:12 GMT

MOTHER JONES By Kiera Butler, November 9, 2009 THIS WEEK'S CONUNDRUM Bamboozled by Bamboo? "When I needed new sheets last year, I didn't dream big: High thread

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

owanafarm — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:08:56 GMT

Here the charcoal is for cooking. Terry Mexico

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

owanafarm — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:06:26 GMT

Here they use slabs or sticks of wood, not chunks. They are the size of medium sized bamboo poles. As to the quality of the product, I am only repeating what

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

owanafarm — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:03:28 GMT

Right you are. The oaks that they use here are a kind that sprouts up from the trunk, and are invasive. They can take over a pasture, if they get started.

Re: "White Bamboo Seedling"

Airwreck — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:15:33 GMT

Yeps Jamie I know to make the good stuff you got to use the good equipment.. It was just a pondering when reading the last post... Awwww Ratz.. RE; the white

Re: "White Bamboo Seedling".

Txbooguru@... — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:01:02 GMT

I don't wish to "rain on anyone's parade" of course, Eric , but from previous similar comments over the years, I think you will find that the "white'

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

jamie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:03:30 GMT

Have a look at this file here for more info: http://www.canari.org/docs/mankote.pdf It was probably a good idea, although I don't know about implementation.

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

Jeffrey Hawkins — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:15:31 GMT

Best of luck with the white boo being an interesting mutation. Unfortunately, I've seen a few of these that all turned out to be soon dead... No green means no

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

Airwreck — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:32:02 GMT

Well I can say this topic has stimulated much more discussion than what has seemed to come out of the WORLD Group..Charcoal is a great idea since the Cane

Re: Commercial Usages for Bamboo??

whollenback — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:51:29 GMT

There is information about making a small charcoal kiln at: http://www.holon.se/folke/carbon/simplechar/simplechar.shtml There are a number of links to