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"VERTICAL INTEGRATED BIO REFINERY"

YIELD COMPARISON FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FOR VARIOUS CROPS

Species Amount

Corn 3,000

Sugar Beet 5,000

Sugar Cane 5,800

Soy Bean 500

Rapeseed 1,100

Jatropha 1,800

Oil Palm 4,500

Rice 2,150

Barley 625

Sorghum 1,295

Bamboo 58,058

Unparalleled Sustainability

Bamboo is a high-yield, 100% renewable natural resource; with a 3-5 year return on investment for a new bamboo plantation, where culms are selectively harvested, without killing the plant. In fact the result of this type of “pruning” is an invigorated growth. Bamboo is inherently organic and is grown without pesticides or chemicals, and is totally biodegradable. Ply bamboo is now being used for wall paneling, floor tiles while bamboo pulp for paper and for textiles.

Numerous bamboo species are also rated highly in water efficiency, tolerating the extremes of droughts; with an annual rainfall of 30 - 250 inches.

Bamboo is also used extensively for land conservation . The fine root system consisting of rhizomes (much like an onion) are perfect to prevent erosion, stabilizing soil conditions along river banks, dams, deforested areas, hills and mountain slopes prone to mud slides and earthquakes.
There is also a range of native Australian bamboo species available.

Medicinal Uses

Bamboo has for centuries been used in Chinese medicine. The powdered hardened secretion from bamboo is used internally to treat asthma, coughs. In China, root extracts have been used to treat kidney disease. Roots and leaves also have been used to treat venereal disease and cancer. Sap is said to reduce fever and ash will cure prickly heat. Current research point to bamboo's potential in a number of other medicinal uses.