Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bamboo Bills helping the world Environmentally


Bamboo, often seen being eaten by adorable pandas, can be used for several things like currency. In Thailand, they are adapting to the use of bamboo as a form of currency for their country. Thai believe that the use of bamboo as currency will last longer because of its sturdiness. Bamboo is much more stable and stronger than paper money and will continue for years. To decline the use of trees, Thailand plans to make a machine that will cut the bamboo trees into tiny segments, almost as big as the dollar bill; however, it will be thicker due to the bamboo material. Bamboo would also be a great form of currency because the tree grows rapidly, quicker than pine trees from America. Not only does bamboo grow quickly, it is easily accessible all over the world because it grows in numerous countries. Bamboo is also great for the environment by taking in 12 tons of carbon dioxide. Thai people also have a solution if the currency begins to break; if a piece of currency is somehow snapped in two, they can reuse that bill for another product that requires bamboo. For example, when the bamboo dollar bill snaps in half; it can be converted into parts for a bike. Thai will use bamboo bills like paper bills where the bills can be exchanged for a product. Several Thai people could potentially just use the bills to recreate jewelry or other objects. Hopefully the bamboo bill can change the world environmentally. 

(Made up about Thailand people, just an example. Bamboo image is from google images. But more information about bamboo is here: http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/momentum/bamboo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1312:growing-bamboo-for-money-and-healthy-environment&catid=118&Itemid=5

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