Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2023-06-02 22:35
SunnyDaze wrote:
> Your thought about faster-growing tree sources reminds me of
> Olivier Patey switching to box wood. I wonder how that went,
> and whether that would be a better option for reversing climate
> change?
I wasn't even thinking of faster-growing trees. Bamboo, for example, is woody, invasive to the point that you have to put barriers in the ground to block its roots from spreading, and grows at a rate you can almost watch (I guess it's like watching grass grow, which is what cane plants are). Some kind of plastic-like material made of plant fibers of almost any kind would solve many problems at once. It would take some kind of process, which is what the research would have to develop. I have no practical idea of what would need to be done to make a material made of plant fibers dense enough to be machined, but there must *be* a way, ultimately without resorting to mineral-based resins.
Karl
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